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How this man first felt the power of other people's emotions
John Elder Robison grew up with Asperger syndrome but was not diagnosed. He lacked the ability to read emotions in others until, as an adult, he underwent a pioneering treatment called transcranial magnetic stimulation. He's written a book about how it changed his life.
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