Scientists study why healthy people have them. July 13, 2011 — -- You don't have to be crazy to have an out-of-body experience, viewing yourself floating above your own body lying on a premature ...

Consciousness is primarily experienced internally, but the phenomenon of out-of-body experiences (OBEs) challenges this assumption. Although scientists have developed biological-based explanations for ...

New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine's Marina Weiler, PhD, and colleagues suggests that out-of-body experiences may be a coping mechanism in response to trauma or ...

A new study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences suggests that people who report out-of-body experiences, where they feel separated from their physical body, tend to show ...

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He’s right about it changing my life, but that is true whatever the explanation. And to me, explaining something so weird and strange in terms of neuroscience only adds to the pleasure, and to my ...

Out-of-body experiences – where people feel like spirits disconnected from their physical form – may be a coping mechanism triggered by trauma or other overwhelming stress, new University of Virginia ...