Sleep Paralysis, "The Ghostly Bedroom Intruder" and Out-of-Body Experiences: The Role of Mirror Neurons

Affiliations

¹ Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of CambridgeCambridge, UK; Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California at San DiegoLa Jolla, CA, USA.
² Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California at San Diego La Jolla, CA, USA.

Baland Jalal et al. Front Hum Neurosci. 2017.

. 2017 Feb 28:11:92.

doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00092. eCollection 2017.

¹ Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychiatry, University of CambridgeCambridge, UK; Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California at San DiegoLa Jolla, CA, USA.
² Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California at San Diego La Jolla, CA, USA.

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Keywords: REM sleep; hallucinations; hypnogoic; hypnopompic hallucinations; mirror neurons; out of body experience; sleep paralysis.

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