Abstract Background Near-death experiences (NDEs) exhibit a core phenomenological architecture—out-of-body experiences, tunnel passage, bright light encounters, life reviews—yet no systematic framework explains why this architecture varies between individuals. The Enterarchon Hypothesis (Macachor, Ω-S-004) posits that the enteric nervous system (ENS) is the primary neural substrate of...
## Abstract **Background:** Near-death experiences (NDEs) exhibit a core phenomenological architecture—out-of-body experiences, tunnel passage, bright light encounters, life reviews—yet no systematic framework explains why this architecture varies significantly between individuals. The prevailing neurocentric paradigm attempts to explain NDEs as neurophysiological epiphenomena of hypoxia,...
### Abstract **Background:** The prevailing neurocentric model of consciousness has guided decades of research into post-stroke loss of empathy (LoE) and near-death experiences (NDEs). This paradigm has yielded sophisticated yet incomplete investigations focused on correlating LoE with prefrontal and subcortical lesions, and attempting to explain NDEs as neurophysiological epiphenomena. We...