• Question: can twins interact with each others brains? like mind reading? :S

    Asked by eggy169 to Fiona, Joanna, William on 24 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Joanna Brooks

      Joanna Brooks answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      Hello again! Many people think that identical twins can read one another’s minds. Identical twins develop from the same egg which means they have very similar genetic codes – more similar than non-identical twins that come from different eggs. However, identical twins in particular have often been treated differently from non-twin brothers and sisters – their parents may have dressed them the same and they may have been in the same class at school and had the same friends. For this reason, it is possible that twins are just better at picking up on each other’s non-verbal body language (like facial expressions for example) because they spend so much time together but they don’t actually read one another’s mind.

    • Photo: Fiona Randall

      Fiona Randall answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      Hi Eggy169, it is unlikely they can actually read each others minds, but having so many shared common experiences they probably can know what the other is thinking and have similar views on things or at least an understanding of what the other would think about something.

    • Photo: William Davies

      William Davies answered on 24 Jun 2010:

      No. They probably know what one another is thinking as a result of shared experiences and knowing how each other has behaved in the past

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