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...
Military Medicine
October 1, 2014
Tracy H Goza, Janice Holden, Lee Kinsey
The purpose of this study was to add to the professional literature regarding combat near-death experiences (cNDEs) and to help clinicians and experiencers (cNDErs) recognize this phenomenon as an experience that is not indicative of mental illness. cNDErs were military personnel whose NDEs occurred during active combat or sequelae. Sixty-eight self-reported survivors of combat-related close...
The Journal of near-death studies
2007
Jeffrey D. Long, Janice Holden
18 citations
Article acknowledging the viability and potential value of the hypothesis underlying articles suggesting a relationship between near-death experiences (NDEs) and the body's arousal system, but also identifying substantial weaknesses in both the presented lines of evidence and the studies.
The Journal of near-death studies
2006
Janice Holden, Jeffrey Long, Jason Maclurg
14 citations
Article presenting arguments supporting the conclusion that the subtitle claims of an article published in "Nature" were not well-founded and that much research remains to be conducted to unravel the mystery of out-of-body experiences.
The Journal of near-death studies
2006
Bruce Greyson, Janice Holden, J. Paul Mounsey
13 citations
Persons reporting near-death experiences (NDEs) sometimes describe a sense of having been out of their bodies and observing their surroundings from a visual perspective outside of and above their bodies. We attempted to study such phenomena during the surgical implantation of automatic implantable cardioverters/defibrillators (ICDs), electrical devices that monitor the patient's heartbeat and...
The Journal of near-death studies
1996
Janice Holden
3 citations
The prototypical near-death experience (NDE), characterized by positive affect, and its psychologically and spiritually beneficial aftereffects are well documented.However, the aftermath of even a pleasant NDE has sometimes involved psychological difficulties that range from relatively mild adjustment disorders to profoundly distressing and disorienting spiritual emergencies.Consequently, the...
The Journal of near-death studies
1988
Janice Holden
Study attempting to ascertain the most appropriate content and placement of visual stimuli in a hospital-based study of the veridicality of out-of-body perception in the near-death experience (NDE), and the likelihood that a subject in such a study would notice, clearly perceive, and accurately recall a visual stimulus.