Ep 19 | The Doctor Who Feels Your Pain

WE EXPLORE THE NEUROSCIENCE OF EMPATHY WITH JOEL SALINAS, A DOCTOR LIVING WITH MIRROR TOUCH SYNESTHESIA, A NEUROLOGICAL TRAIT WHICH CAUSES INDIVIDUALS TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME SENSATION THAT ANOTHER PERSON FEELS.

SHOW NOTES: 

• Mirror touch synesthesia [wiki]
• Famous people with synesthesia [listicle]
• Meet Joel Salinas [twitter]
• Mirror Touch: Notes from a doctor who can feel your pain [book]