Michael Sabom is a cardiologist who retired last year. He started studying near death experiences — or NDEs — in the 1970s. One particular case solidified his belief in out of body experiences. But ...

Trapped below eight feet of raging water, spinal surgeon Mary Neal, M.D. strained to free herself from her pinned kayak. But instead of panic, air hunger or fear, she felt… calm. As her body went ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

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 ...

Scientists study why healthy people have them. July 13, 2011 — -- You don't have to be crazy to have an out-of-body experience, viewing yourself floating above your own body lying on a premature ...

Out-of-body experiences – where people feel like spirits disconnected from their physical form – may be a coping mechanism triggered by trauma or other overwhelming stress, new University of Virginia ...

I must now return to that critical question – what do we learn about OBEs by discovering a specific brain area that can induce them? Is the TPJ (the temporo-parietal junction) the mystical opening to ...

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