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100 1  Salinas, Joel,|eauthor. 
245 10 Mirror touch :|bnotes from a doctor who can feel your pain
       /|cJoel Salinas, M.D. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY  :|bHarperOne,|c[2017] 
264  4 |c©2017 
300    307 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 0  Introduction: Sensorium -- Where I end and you begin -- 
       Purple white carrot Montana dust -- A piñata full of 
       tricks -- Like Lazarus -- The mind has mountains -- A 
       blessing or a curse? -- Holding up a sign -- A running 
       start -- The visions of Anekantavada. 
520    "Challenging our understanding of what it means to be 
       human, Joel Salinas, a Harvard-trained researcher and 
       neurologist at Massachusetts General, shares his 
       experiences with mirror-touch synesthesia, a rare and only
       recently identified neurological trait that causes him to 
       feel the emotional and physical experiences of other 
       people. Performing a spinal tap, he feels the needle 
       slowly enter his lower back. If a disoriented patient 
       flies into a confused rage, Salinas slips into a similarly
       agitated physical state, and when a patient dies, he 
       experiences an involuntary ruin--his body starts to feel 
       vacant and lifeless, like a limp balloon. Susceptible to 
       the pain and discomfort of his patients, most of whom 
       suffer from a host of disorders and extreme injuries, 
       Salinas uses his trait to treat their symptoms, almost as 
       if they were his own. At the same time, in his personal 
       life, his mirror touch blurs the boundaries between 
       himself and those close to him until he ends up 
       inextricably entangled, no longer able to differentiate 
       where he ends and someone else begins. Salinas refers to 
       his condition as a kind of compulsory mindfulness, a 
       heightened empathic ability that offers him invaluable 
       clues about how to see and live the world through other 
       people's perspectives. This heightened sense of awareness 
       is at the center of Mirror Touch. Through his experiences,
       both in his neurological practice and his personal life, 
       Salinas offers readers insights about mirror-touch 
       synesthesia and how the brain, in its endless wonder, can 
       sometimes perform in a nearly superhuman, extrasensory 
       way. In the process, Salinas reveals the full power and 
       potential of his trait, as well as its thorny 
       complications and often debilitating limitations. 
       Beautifully written with intelligence and compassion and 
       anchored by the latest developments in neurology, 
       psychology and psychiatry, Mirror Touch is an enthralling 
       and wholly original investigation into the unexplored 
       corners of the brain, where the foundation of human 
       experience and relationships take root--everything it 
       means to think, to feel, and to be"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
600 10 Salinas, Joel|xMental health. 
650  0 Neurologists|vBiography. 
650  0 Synesthesia|xPatients|vBiography. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.|2bisacsh 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical.|2bisacsh 
650  7 BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General.|2bisacsh 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
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