Higher states of consciousness

A 43-year-old lady is being treated for temporal lobe epilepsy in a Swiss clinic. In order to pinpoint the aberrant electrical focus in her brain, electrodes have been implanted under the dura - the membrane covering the brain. When she is wakened, the doctors stimulate different areas and watch the results.

When they activate an area called the angular gyrus on the right side, she reports a feeling of "sinking into the bed". This progresses to "falling from a height".

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wow that is interesting.....but I am confused....

does this discovery debunk the astral travel experience, remote viewing....?

or could it be just the beginning to an understanding of some paranormal activites?

If its the latter, does it explain it as being only an hallucination?

I am not sure if I understood properly....

if it is only an hallucination when they press on that certain part of the body. Why would we have such a deceptive and useless part in our brain???

as you can see I am confuse, if anybody can clear that up for me,...that would be great

I'm in the same boat you are, Portal. I really don't know...

where are all the skeptic and scientist when you need them

come on guys and girls, what is it

it may be your dream come true to debunk once and for all some of paranormal experience....but then again maybe not

if we follow scientific reasoning. First it would need to reproduce this experiment to see if it is indeed producing that effect on everyone.

Second if it is, they would have to test to see if poeple can go around and give them hidden information that where hidden for that purpose.

If they do, and are right, then I guess it could prove and start a whole new side of experiment to understand this phenomenon since we know where in the brain it starts from.

If they are wrong, then ho well....humans have been fantasizing for the past millenia.... nothing new

but I would still like to know what you think about that experiment and to know if some of you would know if they will do other experiment based on these findings?

I don't think you would get a lot of volunteers to have some one zap parts of your brain just to see what happens. And I don't think a Rat would be any good. I can see a few legal snags before to much experimenting can be done.

I don't think you would get a lot of volunteers to have some one zap parts of your brain just to see what happens. And I don't think a Rat would be any good. I can see a few legal snags before to much experimenting can be done.

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I know what you mean...

I guess we may never know, perhaps one day they may be able to experiment this in a easier way...

until then...its only going to continue nagging my curiosity