Scientists produce illusion of body-swapping
Dec. 2, 2008
Courtesy Karolinska Institute and World Science staff
Cognitive neuroscientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institute say they have made people perceive the bodies of mannequins and other people as their own. The findings are to appear Dec. 3 in the online research journal PLoS One.
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World's largest study of near-death experiences to start
Sep. 11, 2008
Courtesy University of Southampton and World Science staff
TheUniversity of Southampton, U.K. announced it is launching this week theworldʼs largest-ever study on whether people have thoughts for a timewhile they are clinically “dead.”
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“Out of body” research attacks philosophical questions
Aug. 24, 2007
Courtesy American Association for the Advancement of Science and World Science staff
Using virtual reality goggles to mix up sensory signals reaching the brain, scientists say they've induced “out-
of-body”-like experiences in healthy people, suggest ing a possible explanation for a phenomenon often thought to be a figment of the imagination.
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What is consciousness? Study aims to settle debate
Research would also subject claims of “out of body” experiences to strict test
May 20, 2007 - Special to World Science
In science, plenty of problems are hard. But just one is so gruesomely trying that scientists themselves have termed it, well, “the hard problem.” How does consciousness arise—the living, aware experience of being?
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