Geena Athappilly

Do Prevailing Societal Models Influence Reports of Near-Death Experiences?

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease March 1, 2006 Geena Athappilly, Bruce Greyson, Ian Stevenson 52 citations

Transcendental near-death experiences show some cross-cultural variation that suggests they may be influenced by societal beliefs. The prevailing Western model of near-death experiences was defined by Moody's description of the phenomenon in 1975. To explore the influence of this cultural model, we compared near-death experience accounts collected before and after 1975. We compared the...