Culture, Biology, and the Near-Death Experience: A Reappraisal
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease March 1, 1993 DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199303000-00002 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Near-death experience |
| Citations | 60 |
| Key findings | Life review and tunnel sensation in near-death experiences are culture-bound phenomena, predominantly found in societies with historic religions, making social and historical explanations more persuasive than biological theories. |
Abstract
Life review and tunnel sensation in near-death experiences appear to be culture-bound phenomena, confined largely to societies where historic religions are dominant. The clinical literature postulating biological theories for life review and tunnel sensations, therefore, may have been developed somewhat prematurely. The present review argues that social and historical explanations are more persuasive in the context of the available evidence presented here.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on near-death experience, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distressing Near-Death Experiences | 1992 | Review | |
| Attitude Change Following Near-Death Experiences Individuals who have had near-death experiences | 1980 | Review | n = 21 |
| Near-death experiences. | 2004 | Review | |
| The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences | 2009 | Review | |
| Near-death experiences in cardiac arrest survivors | 2005 | Review |
Citations in the library
Cited by 32
- DMT Models the Near-Death Experience Frontiers in Psychology August 15, 2018
- Dissociation in people who have near-death experiences: out of their bodies or out of their minds? The Lancet February 1, 2000
- Neurochemical models of near-death experiences: A large-scale study based on the semantic similarity of written reports. Consciousness and Cognition March 1, 2019
- Phenomenology of Near-death Experiences: A Cross-cultural Perspective Transcultural Psychiatry March 1, 2008
- Near-Death Experience: Out-of-Body and Out-of-Brain? Review of General Psychology March 1, 2011
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