Synesthesia may explain healers claims of seeing people's aura
Saturday, May 5, 2012 - 12:30
in Psychology & Sociology
University of Granada researchers affirm that healers present synesthesia, a neuropsychological phenomenon involving a "mingling" of the senses. The results of this study have been published in the prestigious journal Consciousness and Cognition. The authors remark the significant "placebo effect" that healers have on ill people.