
An out-of-body experience was repeatedly elicited during stimulation of the posterior part of the superior temporal gyrus on the right side in a patient in whom electrodes had been implanted to suppress tinnitus. Positron-emission tomographic scanning showed brain activation at the temporoparietal junction--more specifically, at the angular-supramarginal gyrus junction and the superior temporal gyrus-sulcus on the right side. Activation was also noted at the right precuneus and posterior thalamus, extending into the superior vermis. We suggest that activation of these regions is the neural correlate of the disembodiment that is part of the out-of-body experience.
STIMULATION, Male, AWARENESS, MECHANISMS, Tinnitus, Medicine, General & Internal, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, General & Internal Medicine, Parietal Lobe, Body Image, Humans, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, Perceptual Distortion, Science & Technology, 42 Health sciences, Brain, 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences, Middle Aged, Illusions, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Electric Stimulation, Temporal Lobe, PET, SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, Positron-Emission Tomography, Human medicine, Life Sciences & Biomedicine
STIMULATION, Male, AWARENESS, MECHANISMS, Tinnitus, Medicine, General & Internal, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, General & Internal Medicine, Parietal Lobe, Body Image, Humans, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, Perceptual Distortion, Science & Technology, 42 Health sciences, Brain, 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences, Middle Aged, Illusions, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Electric Stimulation, Temporal Lobe, PET, SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, Positron-Emission Tomography, Human medicine, Life Sciences & Biomedicine
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