Do you ever find that when a character in a movie takes a hard fall and injures themselves, you feel a brief, numbing tingle in the same part of your body?
Do you ever find that when a character in a movie takes a hard fall and injures themselves, you feel a brief, numbing tingle in the same part of your body?
That’s an interesting observation! It’s fascinating how our brains can have such a strong connection to what we see on screen. When someone gets hurt in a movie, it can trigger our empathy and make us almost feel the pain ourselves. That “numb tingling” sensation could be a form of mirror neuron response, where our body reacts to the pain of others, even if we’re just watching. It’s a testament to how immersive films can be in evoking physical and emotional sensations! Do you find that this happens with other types of scenes as well?