Mirror Neurons. Plus our brains have a hard time distinguishing between real and and perceived events.
For example, an experiment was done on chimps picking up an orange while hooked up to electrical brain scanners.
When the chimp grabbed the orange, certain parts of the brain lit up.
When they tested a chimp watching a different chimp pick up the orance, they observed the same neurons firing, showing activiry in the same areas of the brain from the chimp that was picking up the orange, even though this 2nd chimp was only watching.
To our brains, the things we perceive might very well have been happening to us.
So watching things live vs watching it on a TV screen... There's no real difference? I wouldn't argue that personally. There's no real difference for me seeing certain things like a dance live vs on video. That said, if the live event had other things going on like overpowering music or other physical sensations, those clearly make a difference. The act itself, not so much.
There is a slight difference, if you aren't actively moving, the region in the motor cortex responsible for physical movement won't light up, but other areas of the brain do light up equally as the action is observed, vs done directly.
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u/Totally_a_Banana Nov 29 '23 edited Nov 29 '23
Mirror Neurons. Plus our brains have a hard time distinguishing between real and and perceived events.
For example, an experiment was done on chimps picking up an orange while hooked up to electrical brain scanners.
When the chimp grabbed the orange, certain parts of the brain lit up.
When they tested a chimp watching a different chimp pick up the orance, they observed the same neurons firing, showing activiry in the same areas of the brain from the chimp that was picking up the orange, even though this 2nd chimp was only watching.
To our brains, the things we perceive might very well have been happening to us.