A biological aspect of empathy Did you know or have you ever heard of mirror neurons?

You know, when someone throws up you feel like you’re going to gag, when someone yawns you yawn, or when someone cries loudly in front of you your eyes start to water… Here they all are result of mirror neurons.

Mirror neurons become active when they see someone moving.

Thanks to mirror neurons, which we can call our brain’s empathy factory, the emotions, actions and intentions of the other we understand. In other words, mirror neurons play a role in situations such as emotional reactions, gagging or yawning.

All this is in our brain. It’s about the ability to form social bonds. We can also say that this is what makes a person human.

When someone vomits, mirror neurons are activated.

Vomiting is a strong reaction that triggers the survival instinct. While someone is gagging in front of us, our brain says: “Unfortunately! There could be a risky situation here. I could get poisoned too!” gets caught up in the thought. Meanwhile, mirror neurons by copying the person who is throwing up It causes nausea.

What about yawning when someone yawns?

yawning We reset our bodies biologically However, this can also happen when we see someone yawning in front of us, without having to reset, because the mirror neurons are doing their work at that moment…

Tiredness or sleep signals emitted by the person observing you “I think I’m tired and sleepy too…” It makes you feel the same reaction. social bond It even helps to set it up.

If the person yawning is a friend, a member of our family, in short, someone with whom we have a close relationship, we will be more likely to perform this action. Our yawning behavior when we see a stranger yawning is empathic connection established in our brains Thank you.

Let’s cry.

A friend of yours who you love very much has broken up with her boyfriend and is crying loudly next to you. Sometimes you realize that Your eyes are also filled with tears Because your mirror neurons received your friend’s sadness like a radio signal and created the same feelings in your brain…

At work biological root of empathy lies here. Thanks to mirror neurons, we sense what someone else is experiencing and take that action, even when we don’t really need it.

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