Near-Death Experiences in India
Satwant Pasricha, Ian Stevenson
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease March 1, 1986 DOI: 10.1097/00005053-198603000-00007 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Case study Case report Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 16 |
| Population | Individuals in India who reported near-death experiences |
| Topics | Near-death experience |
| Citations | 94 |
| Key findings | Indian near-death experiences differ from American cases in culture-bound features, but these differences do not conclusively show the experiences derive only from cultural beliefs. |
Abstract
The authors report some features of 16 cases of near-death experiences that they investigated in India. After presenting brief accounts of four such experiences, the authors describe and discuss features in which the Indian cases differ from a larger sample of American cases. They note that some of these features seem to be culture-bound, but they caution against accepting this observation as adequate evidence that the case derive only from culture-bound beliefs. Some differences may derive from the effects of a person's beliefs on what actually does happen after death, and some different features may, on closer examination, be found to be basically similar in nature if not in detail.
Comparable studies
Other case reports and case series on near-death experience, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Near-Death Experience as a Focus of Clinical Attention Patients presenting with near-death experience-related problems | 1997 | Case study | n = 4 |
| A prospectively studied near-death experience with corroborated out-of-body perceptions and unexplained healing. A person who had a near-death experience | 2006 | Case report | n = 1 |
| Verified account of near-death experience in a physician who survived cardiac arrest. A 32-year-old female physician experiencing childbirth | 2020 | Case study | n = 1 |
| This is your brain on death: a comparative analysis of a near-death experience and subsequent 5-Methoxy-DMT experience. An individual who had a near-death experience during a coma caused by bacterial... | 2023 | Case study | n = 1 |
| Near-death experiences and dissociation: Two cases. Individuals reporting near-death experiences and out-of-body experiences, including... | 1993 | Case study |
Citations in the library
Cited by 31
- Varieties of anomalous experience: Examining the scientific evidence. American Psychological Association eBooks 2000
- Does the arousal system contribute to near death experience? Neurology April 10, 2006
- The Near-death Experience The British Journal of Psychiatry November 1, 1988
- Fantasy Proneness Correlates With the Intensity of Near-Death Experience Frontiers in Psychiatry June 7, 2018
- The Near-Death Experience Content (NDE-C) scale: Development and psychometric validation Consciousness and Cognition November 1, 2020
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