Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences

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Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences is a book by psychologist and consciousness researcher Susan Blackmore that explores the science, psychology, and personal phenomenology of out-of-body experiences.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
about altered states of consciousness
illusory body experiences
lucid dreaming
meditation and contemplative practices
mind–body problem
near-death experiences
neuroscience of self and body representation
parapsychology (critical perspective)
personal spiritual experiences interpreted scientifically
philosophy of mind
scientific method applied to extraordinary experiences
self-identity and the sense of self
skeptical inquiry into paranormal claims
skepticism and critical thinking
temporal lobe activity and anomalous experiences
author Susan Blackmore
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
genre non-fiction
hasAuthorBackground Susan Blackmore
surface form: "Susan Blackmore has personally experienced out-of-body experiences"

Susan Blackmore is a consciousness researcher
Susan Blackmore is a psychologist
hasPart analysis of the phenomenology of out-of-body experiences
discussion of neurological mechanisms related to out-of-body experiences
discussion of psychological explanations of out-of-body experiences
discussion of scientific research on out-of-body experiences
personal accounts of out-of-body experiences
intendedAudience general readers interested in consciousness
readers interested in anomalous experiences
students of psychology and neuroscience
language English
literaryForm autobiographical writing
popular science
mainSubject consciousness
out-of-body experiences
psychology of anomalous experiences
perspective naturalistic explanation of out-of-body experiences
skeptical of paranormal interpretations
relatedConcept body schema
illusory self-location
near-death experience (NDE)
Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences
surface form: "out-of-body experience (OBE)"

sense of agency
sense of ownership of the body
relatedWork Susan Blackmore's earlier writings on consciousness
workOf Susan Blackmore

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Susan Blackmore notableWork Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences
Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences relatedConcept Seeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences
this entity surface form: "out-of-body experience (OBE)"

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