SciShow Psych | Are Sympathy Pains Real?

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Episode Title: Are Sympathy Pains Real?
Produced by: SciShow Psych
Description: Some people can truly feel other people’s pain! But even if you aren't someone who can literally feel someone else’s sensations, your connections with people can still do some powerful things. Hosted by: Brit Garner ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman. Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199603329.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199603329-e-030 https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/syne.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053810010002618 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/13a3affc-839d-4743-a5aa-738f9c8a6615 https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/7/3/357/1664209 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02646830601117142 http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/i/i_03/i_03_cr/i_03_cr_dou/i_03_cr_dou.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811904007335 https://insights.ovid.com/pubmed?pmid=16997470 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/303/5661/1157.long https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393205002666 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-03627-7 Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/pain-at-the-emergency-room-gm154946132-15750936 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/sad-couple-girl-guy-have-breakfast-drinking-tea-silently-gm1137514289-303367685 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/pregnant-women-eagerly-eating-pizza-gm1130641709-299088841 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/are-you-ok-colleague-gm963126560-263061317 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/settling-my-cravings-with-some-happy-snacks-gm993591258-269127762


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