However, as early as 2002, Olaf Blanke and others induced OBEs by focal electrical stimulation of the brain's
right angular gyrus in a patient undergoing treatment for epilepsy (Nature, vol 419, p 269).
Social network proximity was also associated with neural response similarity within areas involved in attentional allocation, such as the
right superior parietal cortex30, 31, and regions in the inferior parietal lobe, such as the bilateral supramarginal
gyri and left inferior parietal cortex (which includes the
angular gyrus in the parcellation scheme used32), that have been implicated in bottom - up attentional control, discerning others» mental states, processing language and the narrative content of stories, and sense - making more generally33, 34,35.