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| Title |
Voluntary Out-of-Body Experience: An fMRI Study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00070 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Andra M. Smith, Claude Messier |
| Abstract |
The present single-case study examined functional brain imaging patterns in a participant that reported being able, at will, to produce somatosensory sensations that are experienced as her body moving outside the boundaries of her physical body all the while remaining aware of her unmoving physical body. We found that the brain functional changes associated with the reported extra-corporeal experience (ECE) were different than those observed in motor imagery. Activations were mainly left-sided and involved the left supplementary motor area and supramarginal and posterior superior temporal gyri, the last two overlapping with the temporal parietal junction that has been associated with out-of-body experiences. The cerebellum also showed activation that is consistent with the participant's report of the impression of movement during the ECE. There was also left middle and superior orbital frontal gyri activity, regions often associated with action monitoring. The results suggest that the ECE reported here represents an unusual type of kinesthetic imagery. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 175 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 37 | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 6% |
| Canada | 8 | 5% |
| Japan | 4 | 2% |
| France | 3 | 2% |
| Spain | 3 | 2% |
| Brazil | 3 | 2% |
| Australia | 3 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 26 | 15% |
| Unknown | 74 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 142 | 81% |
| Scientists | 21 | 12% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | 4% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 170 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Lithuania | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | 1% |
| Unknown | 155 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 27 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 20 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 8% |
| Other | 42 | 25% |
| Unknown | 28 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 50 | 29% |
| Neuroscience | 20 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 8% |
| Engineering | 11 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 30 | 18% |
| Unknown | 35 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 348. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 April 2024.
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