How the Brain Creates Ghosts

Waking Times: Have you ever seen something or someone out of the corner of your eye, or felt a presence of someone observing you, but when you looked, nothing was there?

Many people call this strange feeling, or “presence,” ghosts, wraiths, shadow people, the paranormal, and so forth. And now, a group of researchers has examined where these sensations originate from within the brain by using a robot-controlled induction of an apparition. They concluded that feelings of a ghostly presence reside in the mind, which raises a great question: are these sensations purely imaginary, an error in brain function, or is our mind a gateway to other dimensions? .... read more>>>...