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Out-of-body Experiences Are Scientifically Proven to Be Real
by Anna LeMind
Learning Mind
While scientists study the “mystical” out of body experiences and propose their theories, let’s try to explain what are they and where they come from, as well as how one can experience astral travel.
An “out of body experience” may be provoked by many different reasons, quite unpleasant ones: brain injury, sensory deprivation (lack of external stimuli), a near-death experience, the use of dissociative and some other drugs, artificial electrical stimulation of the brain, dangerous lack of sleep or dehydration, etc. However, Canadian neuroscientists led by Claude Messier found a 24-year-old student capable of experiencing it by a simple act of will. After studying the function of her brain, they found a lot of interesting things.
As the researchers themselves describe the girl’s unique abilities, “she can see herself spinning, lying or rolling on a horizontal plane in the air over her own body. It is reported that from time to time she can watch her body moving on, feeling that her “real” body remains motionless. According to the student, the emergence of such experiences is not connected to any particular emotional state.”
How is that even possible? To find out, the scientists tracked the brain activity of the girl using fMRI. As a result, the brain scan detected a marked reduction of excitation in the visual cortex and increased activity in the areas associated with the creation of kinesthetic image of one’s own body, its position and movement in space.
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2014/03/out-of-body-experiences-are.html
