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Social Factors May Influence Our Perceptual Processing
October 9, 2012 by NewsBot
Hate the Lakers? Do the Celtics make you want to hurl? Whether you like someone can affect how your brain processes their actions, according to new research from the Brain and Creativity Institute at USC. Most of the time, watching someone else move causes a 'mirroring' effect - that is, the parts of our brains responsible for motor skills are activated by watching someone else in action...