RESEARCH INTO OBEs
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- Created on: 14-12-12 21:47
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- RESEARCH INTO OBEs
- OBE: Sensation of being awake seeing own body from a location outside physical body
- 15-20% people claim OBE
- PARANORMAL EXPLANATION
- OBEs are something beyond our current understanding
- BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS
- Blanke & Arzy(2005): OBEs more common in those experiencing migranes or epilepsy
- Devinsky et al (1989): Those experiencing OBEs have been described as having damgae in temporal or parietal lobes - these regions are involved in self-perception
- DeRiddler et al (2007): stimulation in temporoparietal region of brain generates OBE-like experiences
- NATURAL-OCCURING OBEs
- Green (1968): studied 400 accounts of OBEs .20% parasomatic or asomatic .12% occurred during sleep . 25% associated with stress
- ARTIFICALLY-OCCURING OBEs
- Alvorado (1982): reviewed lab studies where OBEs were induced (by relaxation, hypnosis & audio-visual stimulation).
- .PPs asked to identify objects out of sight of physical body .Miss Z able to read out randomly selected 5-digit number (Tart, 1968) .Overall weak evidence
- Alvorado (1982): reviewed lab studies where OBEs were induced (by relaxation, hypnosis & audio-visual stimulation).
- OBE: Sensation of being awake seeing own body from a location outside physical body
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