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 ...

Out-of-body experiences, such as near-death experiences, can have a 'transformative' effect on people's ability to experience empathy and connect with others, new research explains. Out-of-body ...

There is now plenty of evidence to home in on the right TPJ as the source of out-of-body experiences, as described in my previous post (Blanke et al 2002) but what does it mean to have found this ...

Fascinating new work by the University of Virginia School of Medicine's Marina Weiler, PhD, and colleagues explores the complex relationship between altered states of consciousness and empathy. Out-of ...