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 ...

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 ...

Out-of-body experiences, such as near-death experiences, can have a 'transformative' effect on people's ability to experience empathy and connect with others, new research explains. Out-of-body ...

For Erin Buker, her experience on "Jeopardy!" wasn't all that she'd dreamed it would be. Buker, a stay-at-home mom, competed on a recent episode of the beloved game show and walked away with a final ...

In popular culture, bright lights at the end of tunnels and ethereal out-of-body experiences have grown into familiar ...

Leaving my body had been easy, or so it seemed when I had a completely unexpected out-of-body experience (OBE) as a 19-year-old student. In my previous post. I described the first hour or so of this ...

Fascinating new work by the University of Virginia School of Medicine's Marina Weiler, PhD, and colleagues explores the complex relationship between altered states of consciousness and empathy. Out-of ...