Psychic powers may be a quirk of the brain - Article in Medical Study News about researching showing that psychic powers that enable people to see auras might be synaesthesia.

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Psychic powers may be a quirk of the brain

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	Article in Medical Study News about researching showing that psychic powers that enable people to see auras might be synaesthesia. Sponsored Links:
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Title:	Psychic powers that enable people to see auras around others may simply be a quirk of the brain
Description:	► Supposed psychic powers that enable people to see auras around others may simply be a quirk of the brain, according to a University College London (UCL) study of a rare form of synaesthesia where some people see colourful ‘auras’ around their loved ones.
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