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Published online 19 September 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020916-8
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Electrodes trigger out-of-body experience
Stimulating brain region elicits illusion often attributed to the paranormal.
Activity in one region of the brain could explain out-of-body experiences. Researchers in Switzerland have triggered the phenomenon using electrodes1.
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