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. 2014 Jul 4;8:53. doi: 10.3389/fnint.2014.00053

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fMRI activation in the right and left temporo-parietal junctions (TPJ) in healthy subjects during experimentally induced out of body experience (OBE). In the Up-group, the subjects experience themselves to look upward at a visually presented body and to be spatially higher with the synchronous as compared to the asynchronous strocking of their back. In the Down-group, the opposite pattern of sensations is observed as the subjects experience themselves to look downward and to be spatially higher with the asynchronous as compared to the synchronous strocking of their back. The magnitude of the blood- oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) responses in the TPJ is lower in the condition of higher self-location in the synchronous and in the asynchronous strocking, respectively, for Up-group and for Down-group. (A) Left TPJ activation with inset showing the corresponding BOLD changes in each group and condition. (B) Activation in the left and right TPJ and in the left superior postcentral gyrus. (C) Right TPJ activation with inset showing the corresponding BOLD changes in each group and condition. (D) Bilateral activation of the posterior middle and inferior temporal gyri. *Significant differences and bars: standard errors. Reproduced from Ionta et al. (2011b).