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We Are All Synesthetes

By Bence Nanay — 2019

Given the right circumstances.

Read on www.psychologytoday.com

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Some People with Synaesthesia Feel Other People’s Sensations of Touch – Painful and Pleasurable

Interactions between self-other representation and vicarious perception are thought to be important to how we all experience empathy.

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Help Arrives for Mirror-Touch Synesthetes

Pioneering therapist Dr. Judith Orloff counsels the highly empathic.

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Is Mirror Touch Synesthesia a Real Thing?

Mirror touch synesthesia is a condition that causes a person to feel the sensations of being touched on the opposite side or part of their body when they see another person being touched.

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Mental Disorder or Neurodiversity?

Embracing, not fixing, mental differences

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3 Ways to Embrace Neurodiversity in the Workplace

In a work world dominated by automation, digitalization, and increasing incivility, the need for one group of workers, those whom I call “sensitive strivers,” has never been greater.

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What the Future of Psychology Looks Like

Neurodiversity, sensitivity, and how the status quo snubs 20–30% of us.

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Where 75% of Workers Are on the Autistic Spectrum

Our brains don’t all work the same way. One New York–based software company sees that as a competitive advantage.

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“Perfect Is a Myth”—and Other Self-Esteem Boosters

Small ways to build up your confidence while accepting your imperfections—not their limitations on your life.

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From Deficit to Superpowers: Is It Ableist to Focus on Neurodivergent Strengths?

Let’s move beyond superpowers but not forget to keep promoting our strengths.

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More Celebrities are Coming Out as Autistic. That Makes a Huge Difference.

Anthony Hopkins, Wentworth Miller and others are showing us that autism is more varied than it once seemed to be.

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