Brain scan reveals out-of-body illusion
Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 12:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Neuroscientists have created an out-of-body illusion in participants placed inside a brain scanner. They then used the illusion to perceptually 'teleport' the participants to different locations in a room and show that the perceived location of the bodily self can be decoded from activity patterns in specific brain regions.