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Scientists Tried to Prove Out-of-Body Experiences Are Real. Here’s What Happened.

None of the 21 participants identified a hidden image, but two accurately described researchers’ positions in observations that weren’t formally tested.

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Out-of-body experiences are one of those things science can explain away until somebody reports seeing something they really shouldn’t have been able to see.

Back in 2002, neuroscientist Olaf Blanke found that stimulating the temporoparietal junction, an area involved in how the brain keeps track of where your body is, could trigger an out-of-body experience. His patient said she felt like she was floating above herself and looking down at her body on the table, and Blanke was able to trigger the experience more than once. That gave researchers a solid neurological explanation for what might be happening.

That brings us to neuroscientist Marina Weiler, who designed........

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