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Out-of-body study misses target hits, but two participants accurately describe concealed researchers

Designing follow-up studies on incidental observation during OBEs

A test of out-of-body perception failed its main measure: none of 21 participants identified a hidden on-screen object better than chance. But two participants, unprompted, described where researchers were seated and what they were doing in a separate room behind closed doors. Trial records confirmed both accounts were accurate at the time.

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I hope these findings encourage us to think more deeply about what they might mean for our understanding of consciousness and, ultimately, the nature of reality.

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It is asking what we mean by 'real' in the first place, and whether our current understanding of reality is broad enough to account for everything human consciousness can experience.

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