May 4, 2012 Researchers in Spain have found that at least some
of the individuals claiming to see the so-called aura of people
actually have the neuropsychological phenomenon known as
"synesthesia" (specifically, "emotional synesthesia"). This
might be a scientific explanation of their alleged ability. In
synesthetes, the brain regions responsible for the processing of
each type of sensory stimuli are intensely interconnected.
Synesthetes can see or taste a sound, feel a taste, or associate
people or letters with a particular color. The study was
conducted by the University of Granada Department of
Experimental Psychology Óscar Iborra, Luis Pastor and Emilio
Gómez Milán, and has been published in the journal Consciousness
and Cognition. This is the first time that a scientific
explanation has been provided for the esoteric phenomenon of the
aura, a supposed energy field of luminous radiation surrounding
a person as a halo, which is imperceptible to most human beings.
In basic neurological terms, synesthesia i