article_snippet.sent: If you think you have seen a ghost, you may have been suffering the effects of exposure to mould, according to a group of scientists.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers claim that older buildings where hauntings are usually reported, often have poor air quality from pollutants like toxic mould, which can affect our brains.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers claim that older buildings where hauntings (illustrated by a stock image) are usually reported, often have poor air quality from pollutants like toxic mould, which can affect our brains .
article_snippet.sent: ‘Experiences reported in many hauntings are similar to mental or neurological symptoms reported by individuals exposed to toxic moulds,’ said Professor Shane Rogers of Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York.
article_snippet.sent: Ghosts' tend to be sighted in old buildings, which are often more likely to have damp and mould problems.
article_snippet.sent: A team of researchers are exploring whether the mould may cause people to think people have seen ghosts, by comparing conditions in 'haunted' and non-haunted old buildings.
article_snippet.sent: We would like to see if We can parse out some commonality between the mould microbiome in places that are haunted relative to those that are not.
highlights_snippet.sent: Clarkson University experts are probing the link between mould and ghosts .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Think spores in old 'haunted' buildings may affect people's brains .
  