“Experiencing disgust and perceiving it in others appear therefore to have a common neural base…overlapping of the cerebral activations found following the inhalation of disgusting smells and during observation of expressions of disgust on the faces of other people confirms the hypothesis that the understanding of the emotive states of others depends on a mirror mechanism that codes sensory information directly in emotional terms” (Rizzolatti & Sinigaglia, 2006).
This shows that we really can feed off each others emotions to offer empathy. It also shows why we like to be around others because we are social creatures. We like to be around each other and that is also how we can tell how others are feeling.
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