Although the manifestation of trauma in the body is a phenomenon well-endorsed by
clinicians and traumatized individuals, the neurobiological underpinnings of this …

Current researchers mostly agree that the self consists of both bodily and non-bodily
environmental information. The neural mechanism underlying the integration of this …

What does it feel like to own, to control, and to be inside a body? The multidimensional
nature of this experience together with the continuous presence of one's biological body …

The concept of an individual swapping his or her body with that of another person has
captured the imagination of writers and artists for decades. Although this topic has not been …

The question of how we experience ownership of an entire body distinct from the external
world is a fundamental problem in psychology and neuroscience [1–6]. Earlier studies …

Distance describes more than physical space: we speak of close friends and distant
relatives, and of the near future and distant past. Did these ubiquitous spatial metaphors …

Body ownership and embodiment are two fundamental mechanisms of self-consciousness.
The present article reviews neurological data about paroxysmal illusions during which body …

The term embodiment has become omnipresent within prosthetics research and is often
used as a metric of the progress made in prosthetic technologies, as well as a hallmark for …

Rationale LSD is the prototypical psychedelic. Despite a clear central role of the 5HT2a
receptor in its mechanism of action, the contributions of additional receptors for which it …

Out-of-body experiences (OBEs) and near-death experiences (NDEs) are complex
phenomena that have fascinated mankind from time immemorial. OBEs are defined as …