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How can I have an out-of-body experience?

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How can I have an out-of-body experience? - You may be familiar with out-of-body experiences (OBE) from a TV show or news story, or perhaps you've experienced one yourself. For centuries these strange phenomena have fascinated doctors, scientists, religious scholars and amateur theorists. Generally, OBEs are associated with illness or traumatic incidents

what makes a persons brain know that he is located within his physical body. Is it primarily the sense of sight, or do several senses and other processes have to work together? If a person is able to step outside himself, look around a room and see his own body as an outsider, what would happen? Would he still feel located in his physical body or would his sense of self shift to where his point of view -- his "eyes" -- was positioned?

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In an out-of-body experience, a person sees his body from a vantage point outside his physical self. OBEs are frequently associated with serious illness, accidents, seizures, near-death experiences or other traumatic events. As much as 10 percent of the population may at some point have an OBE. In any case, it's a phenomenon that's received attention in many different scientific disciplines, religions and metaphysical discussions.

Several possible explanations exist for why OBEs occur during physical injury, illness or trauma:

    * A lack of oxygen alters brain activity.
    * The brain copes with trauma by "leaving" the body, helping a person to survive.
    * Stress causes various physical senses, including one's sense of physical self, known as proprioception, to become confused.
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