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The Neuroscience of Connection: How Mirror Neurons Shape Empathy, Behavior, and Our Bonds with Animals

When the youngest son of a practicing neurointensivist recently lost his beloved dog, Milo—named Rafa after tennis star Rafael Nadal—the grieving process took a remarkably familiar turn. As Milo’s health…