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Have neuroscientists discovered how to create the feeling of a ghost?

November 11, 2014 by Andrew Leave a Comment

A team of scientists have been able to create the strange “feeling of a presence” in a lab. This is believed to be what is at work when we sometimes suspect there’s a “ghost” nearby.

The science is both impressive and underwhelming at the same time. It’s underwhelming because there is actually something touching you if you take part in this experiment – it’s just not happening the way you might expect.

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