A woman who defied all odds has revealed exactly what it feels like when you're near death in an 'out-of-body experience'.

Out-of-body experience. In the latest experiment, the participants lay in an MRI scanner while wearing a head-mounted display that showed video from a set of cameras elsewhere in the room.

Inside Out-Of-Body Experiences November 1, 2007 / 10:00 AM EDT / WebMD Scientists may be one step closer to understanding what happens in the brain when someone has an out-of-body experience.

OUT OF THE BODY. People in many cultures have reported the experience of leaving their bodies behind as they travel the world in an immaterial form. In some cases, ...

In 1958, Robert Monroe floated out of his body for the first time. It began “without any apparent cause,” he wrote.His doctor, finding no physical ailment, prescribed tranquilizers.

By messing with the brain's sense of location, a team of researchers in Sweden figure out how make people believe they're wearing each other's bodies.

But “Out of Body” reminded me that my power lies in just that. That by simply being, I am an avatar of my own making, autonomous and nuanced. Perhaps that’s where revolution truly, truly begins.

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Out-of-body experiences, such as near-death experiences, can have a 'transformative' effect on people's ability to experience empathy and connect with others, new research explains.