This is amazing.
Japanese scientists claim they have developed a technique that visually records ones thoughts and dreams onto a computer monitor.
The technique is done by analyzing changes in blood flow in the region of the brain where vision is processed, called the visual cortex.
A spokesman for Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan, says that [...]

I’ve been fascinated with the thought of floating around in an isolation tank ever since I first saw the film Altered States ten years ago.
Um – what is an isolation tank, you ask?
“An isolation tank is a lightless, soundproof tank in which subjects float in salty water at skin temperature. They were first used by [...]

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-Ben
PS The best part of this is many of these [...]

Official ALTERED STATES movie trailer:
Plot Summary: A scientist takes drugs inside a sensory deprivation chamber, has crazy intense psychedelic trips, then genetically regresses into a primordial pre-human, ultimately regressing into the void of existence itself.

The story revolves around a young scientist named Eddie Jessup, whose interest in his work overshadows everything else, including [...]

I recently came across this article titled “Brain Electrodes Help Man Speak Again” at Forbes.
In sum, this guy has been a vegetable for 6 years until doctors stimulated his brain with electrodes. Now, he’s able to talk, express emotion, watch movies, and eat on his own without a tube.
Basically…
it sounds like he’s become a person [...]

This is a great 7 minute video connecting dreams, near death experiences, and out of body experiences.
It comes from Penn & Teller’s popular show, kindly known as Bullshit.
(That should give you a hint about what sort of opinion they have about NDE and OBE.)
If that puts you off, at least check it out the centrifuge [...]