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Science 24 August 2007:
Vol. 317. no. 5841, p. 1048
DOI: 10.1126/science.1142175
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The Experimental Induction of Out-of-Body Experiences

H. Henrik Ehrsson

I report an illusion in which individuals experience that they are located outside their physical bodies and looking at their bodies from this perspective. This demonstrates that the experience of being localized within the physical body can be determined by the visual perspective in conjunction with correlated multisensory information from the body.

Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: Henrik.Ehrsson{at}ki.se

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How Does the Brain Localize the Self ?
Kaspar Meyer
Science Online, 19 Jun 2008 [Full text]
H. H. Ehrsson and V. Petkova's Response to Kaspar Meyer's E-Letter
H. Henrik Ehrsson, et al.
Science Online, 19 Jun 2008 [Full text]
Olaf Blanke et al.’s Response to Kaspar Meyer's E-Letter
Olaf Blanke, et al.
Science Online, 20 Jun 2008 [Full text]

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