Staring Into Somebody’s Eyes for 10 Minutes Can Alter Your State of Consciousness
Staring into somebody’s eyes for 10 minutes can cause you to have “out of body” experiences and hallucinations. ELIAS MARAT ( TMU ) — You may have heard the term “piercing eyes,” but what if someone’s gaze was so penetrating that it managed to induce an altered state of consciousness? Well, according to one psychologist, staring into somebody’s eyes for about 10 straight minutes can cause you to have “out of body” experiences, hallucinations, and visions of loved ones who aren’t present. The experiment, conducted in 2015 by Dr. Giovanni Caputo of Italy’s University of Urbino, was conducted in a dimly lit room where 20 volunteers sat in pairs while staring intently into one another’s eyes for ten minutes. While the lighting was bright enough to clearly make out their counterparts’ facial features, the dimness was such that their overall perception of color was weakened, according to British Psychological Society journal Research Dige...