How people perceive the minds of the dead: The importance of consciousness at the moment of death.
Cognition September 2020 Cameron M Doyle, Kurt Gray
Immortality is thought to be achieved through heroic deeds, reincarnation, and the afterlife. The present studies reveal an alternative path to transcending death: dying while conscious. Seven studies demonstrate that dying while more awake, aware and/or lucid leads people to see a richer postmortem mind-an effect we call conservation of consciousness. People see more mind in the deceased when...