Dirk
De Ridder, M.D., Ph.D., Koen Van Laere, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., Patrick Dupont,
Ph.D., Tomas Menovsky, M.D., Ph.D., and Paul Van de Heyning, M.D., Ph.D.
> Visualizing Out-of-Body Experience in the
Brain
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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.
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