Scientist Anil Seth, Co-director of Sackler Center University Brighton, UK 

Quotes:
"Two complete strangers, eyes closed, sit opposite a lamp. This is no ordinary lamp. This is Lucia N°03, a state-of-the-art device made in Austria that scientists believe could help them unlock the mystery of consciousness. The specific patterns of stroboscopic light it pulses onto your closed eye can induce various unusual experiences, including vivid geometric hallucinations or feelings of being disconnected from your own body. ...."

“...As you’re having these very intense experiences, your sense of your body drifts away, until it’s really just like this pure conscious experience,” says David Schwartzman, a researcher in the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex...."

"... Watch the video: David Schwartzman on how flicker stimulation can replicate the feeling of being disconnected from your body. ..."

" ...David is part of a 25-strong team of neuroscientists, psychologists, computer scientists and psychiatrists at the Sackler Centre dedicated to cracking consciousness.  ..."

"... Co-director Anil Seth says: “Consciousness is the last great mystery. Without consciousness there is, really, nothing at all. ...”

If you are interested in this field of science we strongly recommend to watch the scientific report:

Quotes are taken from:
Read details about "Cracking Consiousness" research of Sussex University Sackler Centre 2016

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