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The veridical Near-Death Experience Scale: construction and a first validation with human and artificial raters

Frontiers in Psychology October 16, 2025 Bruce Greyson, Jeffrey Long, Janice Miner Holden et al. 3 citations

Introduction: In this study, we describe the construction of the veridical Near-Death Experience Scale (vNDE Scale), a structured instrument for evaluating the evidential strength of perceptions reported during near-death experiences (NDEs), and its first validation by human and artificial raters. Methods: The construction was implemented using a typical Delphi Method. The first draft of the...

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1661390 Scale ratio Perception Preference Cognitive psychology +1

The veridical Near-Death Experience Scale (vNDE Scale): construction and a first validation with human and artificial raters

July 26, 2025 Bruce Greyson, Jeffrey Long, Janice Holden et al. preprint

Introduction: In this study, we describe the construction of the veridical Near-Death Experience Scale (vNDE Scale), a structured instrument for evaluating the evidential strength of perceptions reported during near-death experiences (NDEs), and its first validation by human and artificial raters.Methods: The construction was implemented using a typical Delphi Method. The first draft of the...

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/cd6be_v2 Scale ratio Artificial intelligence Cartography

Near-Death Experiences are Caused by the Separation of Consciousness from the Body: An NDE Scale Analysis

Journal of Scientific Exploration July 9, 2024 R. Mays, Suzanne Mays

Near-death experiences (NDEs) cannot be defined merely as a collection of phenomenal features. An accurate definition needs to describe what NDEs essentially are, that is, what lies behind the phenomenal features. The definition would describe what happens in the experience to account for the different features; this can only be fully described in the context of an underlying theoretical...

DOI: 10.31275/20243317 Full text

Letter to the Editor: A New Scale to Assess Near-Death Experiences

Journal of Near-Death Studies 2021 Robert Mays, Suzanne Mays 1 citation

Because the Near-Death Experience Scale (NDE Scale; Greyson, 1983) has been so widely used in NDE research, a recent article by Charlotte Martial and her colleagues ( 2020) is likely of significant interest to researchers in the field of near-death studies.In the article, the authors described a three-phase strategy that the Coma Science Group of the University of Liège in Belgium undertook to...

DOI: 10.17514/jnds-2020-38-3-p208-211.

[Letter to the editor].Near-death experiences and EEG surges at end of life.

The Journal of near-death studies 2011 Robert G. Mays, Suzanne Mays 1 citation

Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing near death experiences and EEG surges at the end of life, referencing a report by Lakhmir Chawla.

DOI: 10.17514/jnds-2011-29-4-p488-493 Full text

The phenomenology of the self-conscious mind.

The Journal of near-death studies 2008 Robert G. Mays, Suzanne B. Mays 11 citations

Article exploring the phenomenon of a near-death experiencer's veridical perceptions during the out-of-body experience (OBE), which strongly suggests the existence of a self-conscious mind as a "field of consciousness," a region of space where a person's consciousness exists.

DOI: 10.17514/jnds-2008-27-1-p5-45. Full text

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