Neural Basis for Out of Body Experiences

Out-of-body experiences linked to neural instability and biases in body representation

ScienceDaily (2011-07-11) -- Although out-of-body experiences (OBEs) are typically associated with migraine, epilepsy and psychopathology, they are quite common in healthy and psychologically normal individuals as well. However, they are poorly understood. A new study has linked these experiences to neural instabilities in the brain’s temporal lobes and to errors in the body’s sense of itself – even in non clinical populations....read full article