You are watching a video of a young man skateboarding and he suddenly trips and lands hard on the ground.You cringe at the sight of him hitting the pavement.Your ________ allowed you to experience empathy with his experience.
A) thalamus
B) glial cells
C) mirror neurons
D) GABA neurons

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Mirror neurons are a type of neuron in the brain that is activated when we observe somebody else performing an action or experiencing an emotion that we ourselves can perform or feel. This activation leads to the experience of empathy with the person we are observing. In this situation, watching the young man trip and fall while skateboarding likely activated mirror neurons in the viewer's brain and allowed them to experience empathy with his experience of pain and discomfort. The other answer choices (A, B, D) are not directly involved in the experience of empathy.

You Are Watching a Video of a Young Man Skateboarding