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Published online 19 October 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news041018-6
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Auras may be generated in the brain
Synaesthetic woman sees colours around faces and names.
She sees colours emanating like haloes from her friends and foes. Blocks of colour form in her mind when looking at names of acquaintances, or even at words like 'love' and 'hate'.
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