Researchers reveal new information about mirror-touch synesthesia based on one of the largest studies of its kind. When a student in a University of Delaware study watched a video of someone else's ...

One night while working the night shift, Megan Pohlmann, 30, scrubbed her hands vigorously, snapped on a pair of blue gloves, and walked into the intensive care unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital ...

Discover the fascinating world of synesthesia, where senses intertwine, allowing unique perceptions like tasting words and ...

Boston, Mass.-based neurologist Joel Salinas is a doctor who knows exactly how you feel. Perfectly attuned to the sensations of others, the 33-year-old has a condition known as mirror-touch ...

When people say “I feel your pain,” they do not mean it literally, but certain people really do feel something that appears to be an extreme form of empathy, British researchers said on Sunday. They ...

NO ONE, IT seemed, knew what the patient clutching the stuffed blue bunny was feeling. At 33, he looked like a bewildered boy, staring at the doctors who crowded into his room in Massachusetts General ...

"I feel your pain" is often meaningless pablum, but for some people with unusual brain wiring it is literally true. People with a condition called mirror-touch synesthesia experience the sensation of ...

Let's call her "Kaylee." Her Mom says that's OK. The young Texan chose the pseudonym herself, taking it from a character who talks to machines on Fox's "Firefly" science fiction series. But this ...

You've heard the expression, "I feel your pain," but some people actually do, including a doctor in Boston who is able to connect with his patients in a way most can't. As CBS Boston's Dr. Mallika ...

Let's call her "Kaylee." Her Mom says that's OK. The young Texan chose the pseudonym herself, taking it from a character who talks to machines on Fox's "Firefly" science fiction series. But this ...