Scientists re-create out-of-body experiences The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The stories seem strange but riveting. A heart attack victim recalls floating in the air, watching paramedics revive him. A surgical patient remembers hovering, watching the doctors operate. Such widely reported out-ofbody experiences have long been the territory of theology, philosophy and scary movies. Now, scientists have turned their attention to the topic. Researchers in England and Switzerland have figured out ways to confuse the sensory signals received by the brain, allowing people to seem to be standing aside and watching themselves. No, they’re not using drugs, legal or otherwise. The research is described in today’s edition of the journal Science. Dr. Henrik Ehrsson, of University College London’s Institute of Neurology and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, explained that he was interested in a person’s perception of the self. “I’m interested in the question of why I feel that my self is located inside my physical body. How does my brain know that I am standing right here?” he said. And what would happen to the self if a person could effectively move their eyes to another part of the room and observe themselves from an outside perspective? Would the self move with the eyes or stay in the body? Seated volunteers were fitted with head-mounted video displays that allowed them to view themselves from behind using a pair of video cameras, one for each eye. A researcher would stand behind them and extend a plastic rod that they could see toward the area just below the cameras. At the same time, another plastic rod, which they could not see, touched their chest. The volunteers said they experienced the feeling of being behind their own body watching. Many found it “weird” and seemingly real, though not scary.
I think Susan Savage and Ed Kosiur is having an 'out of body experience' AND an 'out of mind experiece' on a daily basis.
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So scientists are trying to recreate the out of body experience now? In every story I have ever read about people's out of body experience, it was always a religious experience. I guess they have to prove that there is a scientific reason for this.
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Okay...that's enough from you there BK. You are too funny for yourself!!!
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