Why watching someone get hurt on screen makes you wince: How the brain triggers echoes of touch sensation

by | Nov 26, 2025 | Health

If watching Robert De Niro ordering hammer-based retribution on a cheat’s hand in “Casino” instinctively made you wince, you are not alone. Many people say that seeing bodily injury on film makes them flinch, as if they “feel” it themselves. It is as if the sting leaps straight off the screen and into your skin.

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Written by Albert Pham, News Curator and Blogger

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