Enhanced self-reported affect and prosocial behaviour without differential physiological responses in mirror-sensory synaesthesia

Mirror-sensory synaesthetes mirror the pain or touch that they observe in other people on their own bodies. This type of synaesthesia has been associated with enhanced empathy. We investigated whether the enhanced empathy of people with mirror-sensory synesthesia influences the experience of situations involving touch or pain and whether it affects their prosocial decision making. Mirror-sensory synaesthetes ( N = 18, all female), verified with...