Surprise - and Discovery? - in the Near-Death Experience
University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) 1997 DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1997-15-4-p259-278 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Near-death experience |
| Citations | 25 |
| Key points | Argues that expressions of surprise in NDE reports indicate genuine discoveries that support the existence of a nonmaterial realm. |
Abstract
Article exploring expressions of surprise and puzzlement that lend a ring of authenticity to self-reports of near-death experiences (NDEs). Surprise typically indicates the discovery of novel features of reality during the cognition-reality interplay that makes learning possible. If at least some NDE surprises are discoveries in a nonsubjective sense, then that cognition-reality interplay can continue during moments near death as subject learn that self and reality must be understood to include a nonmaterial realm.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on near-death experience, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otherworld Journeys: Accounts of Near-Death Experience in Medieval and Modern Times | 1987 | Historical analysis | |
| Neuroscience and the Near-Death Experience: Roles for the NMSA-PCP receptor, the sigma receptor and the endopsychosins | 1990 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Implications of near-death experiences for a postmaterialist psychology. | 2010 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Near-Death Experience as a Probe to Explore (Disconnected) Consciousness | 2020 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Near-death experiences between science and prejudice | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
Cites 8
- The Near-Death Experience Scale The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease June 1, 1983
- A typology of near-death experiences American Journal of Psychiatry August 1, 1985
- Varieties of Near-Death Experience Psychiatry November 1, 1993
- Near-Death Experiences and Antisuicidal Attitudes OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying March 1, 1993
- The impact of near-death experiences on persons who have not had them: A report of a preliminary study and two replications. Journal of Near-Death Studies 1995
and 3 more in the library