Stimulating illusory own-body perceptions.
Nature September 1, 2002 Olaf Blanke, Stéphanie Ortigue, Théodor Landis et al.
'Out-of-body' experiences (OBEs) are curious, usually brief sensations in which a person's consciousness seems to become detached from the body and take up a remote viewing position. Here we describe the repeated induction of this experience by focal electrical stimulation of the brain's right angular gyrus in a patient who was undergoing evaluation for epilepsy treatment. Stimulation at this...
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Humans
Epilepsy
Seizures
Brain mapping
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