2026 news archive · Reported 8 September 2026 · UKPX added 4 November 2026
A small out-of-body-experience trial produced two different strands of information, according to the University of Virginia’s September research report. Participants’ descriptions of hidden computer targets did not perform above chance, but two later accounts drew the researchers’ attention.
The Brazil-based trial involved 21 participants. Ten reported an out-of-body experience, while thirteen supplied target descriptions, including some who described seeing an internal mental image instead.
Afterwards, two participants described where researchers in another room had been sitting and what they were doing. The team said session records matched those descriptions. These observations were outside the experiment’s predefined outcome measures.
Marina Weiler and colleagues proposed testing more distinctive or engaging targets in future work, including details of a researcher’s clothing. The interesting next step is a new experiment designed in advance around that possibility.
The university links the resulting paper in Explore. Its report distinguishes the planned target test from the unexpected accounts, giving readers both parts of the result.
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UVA Research News, 8 September
UVA Health’s version, dated 9 September
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1 originating university publisher checked: UVA, across two versions of the same release. These copies are counted once. The linked journal paper was identified, but its full text was not used here.
Checked: 4 November 2026. This describes the sources checked for this report, rather than an internet-wide total.
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