What happens in the brain during an out-of-body experience – and how virtual reality and the metaverse can replicate these events.
Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. And in this episode, we’re exploring out-of-body experiences.
These experiences have long fascinated humans, with accounts of people feeling as if they’ve floated above their own bodies going back thousands of years. But what causes them? Intriguing new findings by neuroscientists could provide some answers.
One such researcher is Dr Jane Aspell, head of the Self and Body lab at Anglia Ruskin University. She joins us to explain what happens in the brain during an out-of-body experience – and how virtual reality and the metaverse can replicate these events.
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