Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
February 18, 2022
Sam Parnia, Stephen G. Post, Matthew T. Lee et al.
68 citations
An inadvertent consequence of advances in stem cell research, neuroscience, and resuscitation science has been to enable scientific insights regarding what happens to the human brain in relation to death. The scientific exploration of death is in large part possible due to the recognition that brain cells are more resilient to the effects of anoxia than assumed. Hence, brain cells become...
The Journal of near-death studies
2022
Bruce Greyson, Pim van Lommel, Peter Fenwick
4 citations
Invited commentary discussing interpretation of brainwave recordings taken of an elderly patient who suffered a cardiac arrest and it's relationship to near-death experiences.
The Journal of near-death studies
2006
Penny Sartori, Paul Badham, Peter Fenwick
23 citations
Article discussing veridical out-of-body experiences (OBEs) and healing occurring during near-death experiences (NDEs). The article reports a case in which there was strong evidence for both healing and a veridical OBE.
The Journal of near-death studies
2005
Peter Fenwick
Spirituality is increasingly acknowledged in medicine as a legitimate topic of instruction and focus of research. I highlight some findings of my own and others' retrospective research on near-death experiences (NDEs), review recent prospective research by myself and others, and describe veridical perception research I plan to undertake. After reviewing findings regarding approaching-death...
Biological Psychology
June 1, 1984
Peter Fenwick, Morton Schatzman, Alan Worsley et al.
56 citations
During lucid dreaming, a subject willed movements of his fingers, toes and feet, remembered tasks, and counted sensory stimuli. Dreamed speech was related to respiration. EMG activity corresponding to dreamed actions was greater in flexor than in extensor limb muscles and was never present in axial muscles.