The body knows what it should do: Automatic motor compensation for illusory heaviness contagion.

We can share various feelings with others just through observation, as if it were an automatic resonance. This connective function between the self and others could promote the facilitation of our social communication; however, it is still unclear as to how it works in terms of self-other representa...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Tomohisa eAsai, Eriko eSugimori, Yoshihiko eTanno
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-07-01
Subjects:	Empathy Motor Simulation body resonance mirror-neuron system motor compensation simulation hypothesis
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00244/full