Rereading Memories or a New Experience: A Critical Review of the Theory of Rereading Memories in Near-Death Experiences
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) November 1, 2025 Hamidreza Shakerin
This Paper Offers the first comprehensive critique of the naturalistic psychological explanation that interprets near-death experiences (NDEs) as mere rereading or reconstruction of brain-stored memories. Physicalists claim that classic NDE features—out-of-body perception, tunnel experience, life review, luminous beings—are nothing but neural reactivation of archived personal engrams under...