Thread: OBE's explained

From the November 1st issue of New England Journal of Medicine:

Article: "Visualizing Out-of-Body Experiences in the Brain"

Summary - An out-of-body experience was repeatedly elicited during stimulation of the posterior part of the superior temporal gyrus on the right side in a patient in whom electrodes had been implanted to suppress tinnitus. Positron-emission tomographic scanning showed brain activation at the temporoparietal junction — more specifically, at the angular–supramarginal gyrus junction and the superior temporal gyrus–sulcus on the right side. Activation was also noted at the right precuneus and posterior thalamus, extending into the superior vermis. We suggest that activation of these regions is the neural correlate of the disembodiment that is part of the out-of-body experience.

Summary of summary: They caused someone to have an OBE by stimulating a part of the brain with electricity; they think this may be the area where body-consciousness is maintained, and therefore when it is disturbed, a person experiences the feeling of being outside of their body.

Wow i like that idea, now if only people could trigger this part of their brain whenever they wanted, without going through the normal process. It would make things much easier.

Didn't we have a post about something to this effect not long ago?

Originally Posted by C911

Wow i like that idea, now if only people could trigger this part of their brain whenever they wanted, without going through the normal process. It would make things much easier.

That's a good idea. Except for the implanting of the electrode in the brain part.

Originally Posted by Mark75

Didn't we have a post about something to this effect not long ago?

Yea, I think so; but I don't think it was referring to the same article.

And sometime when they find a special neuron in our brain to activate, we can push a button to be no more hungry.

Turn it into a video game. One day you will put a helmet on that can send those electrodes through the flesh and skull to the brain and we can have our own fun for aslong as we want.

Originally Posted by C911

Wow i like that idea, now if only people could trigger this part of their brain whenever they wanted, without going through the normal process. It would make things much easier.

We can.. Most of us have not found how to yet, though. Like some are able to move just the tip of the finger, where others can not..

Intent is a strong tool!

What one human can do, most 'if not all' humans; can do!

Sorry for the bump.

I've heard this before. OBEs can be "artificially" created, and then there's the real thing.

If you've never experienced an OBE before, you won't believe it. The only reason I do is because I have had confirmations while out of my body that I would have had absolutely NO way of guessing let alone knowing.

Originally Posted by NewReality

Sorry for the bump.

I've heard this before. OBEs can be "artificially" created, and then there's the real thing.

If you've never experienced an OBE before, you won't believe it. The only reason I do is because I have had confirmations while out of my body that I would have had absolutely NO way of guessing let alone knowing.

Yeah, 2 types of OBE's.

Originally Posted by LucidFlanders

Yeah, 2 types of OBE's.

Not at all. With the technology available to us today, the experience of stimulating our brains with a bunch of magnets placed around our head to make one "feel" as if they are out of their body has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt even though many people besides myself has had confirmations that we are nothing more than our physical selves. They're both the same experience and the confirmations we've had are all just "vague but lucky guesses" like how little cousin Bobby Joe went to school with a black t-shirt today.