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When we see someone being touched, our brains automatically simulate how it feels

By Sophie Smit, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Neuroscience‬, University of Sydney
Tijl Grootswagers, ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience, Western Sydney University

Within a fraction of a second of seeing another person being touched, our brains figure out who is involved and how it might feel.

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