Not sure exactly what you mean, so I’ll do my best. One person’s brain contains mirror neurons, brain cells who’s job it is to represent what we think is going on in other people’s brains. That’s why when somebody smiles, it makes us smile, and if we see somebody hit their finger with a hammer, we’d screw up our faces and grab our finger too! These mirror neurons exist so that we can understand and empathise with people around us – if you like, our brain “reacts” to the state of the brains around us by trying to represent what’s going on!
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