Auditory Hallucinations Following Near-Death Experiences
Bruce Greyson, Mitchell B. Liester
Journal of Humanistic Psychology May 31, 2004 DOI: 10.1177/0022167804266281 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Survey or observational study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Persons who reported having had near-death experiences |
| Topics | Near-death experience |
| Keywords | Auditory hallucination Visual hallucination Schizophrenia object-oriented programming Audiology Psychosis Developmental psychology Clinical psychology |
| Citations | 24 |
| Key findings | 80% of near-death experiencers report subsequent auditory hallucinations, and their attitudes toward these hallucinations are overwhelmingly positive. |
Abstract
Among persons who reported having had near-death experiences, 80% also reported subsequent auditory hallucinations. Experiencers’ attitudes toward these hallucinations were over-whelmingly positive, as contrasted with the overwhelmingly negative attitudes of patients with schizophrenia toward their auditory hallucinations. Auditory hallucinations not related to disease processes are common and may be highly valued by those who hear them.
Comparable studies
Other cross-sectional and survey studies on near-death experience, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fantasy Proneness Correlates With the Intensity of Near-Death Experience Individuals who have experienced a near-death experience (classical or NDE-like) and... | 2018 | Cross-sectional survey | n = 228 |
| A systematic analysis of distressing near-death experience accounts Individuals who had a near-death experience and wrote down their account | 2019 | Cross-sectional study | n = 123 |
| Reduced death threat in near-death experiencers Adults who had near-death experiences, came close to death without NDE, or never came... | 1992 | Cross-sectional study | n = 290 |
| Near-Death Experiences in a Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic Population Psychiatric outpatients | 2003 | Cross-sectional survey | n = 832 |
| Near-Death States Reported in a Sample of 50 Misusers Previous ketamine misusers who reported a ketamine-related near-death experience | 2010 | Cross-sectional survey | n = 50 |
Citations in the library
Cited by 5
- Near-Death Experience as a Probe to Explore (Disconnected) Consciousness Trends in Cognitive Sciences January 22, 2020
- Differentiating spiritual and psychotic experiences: Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Journal of Near-Death Studies 2014
- Personality traits and pattern of beliefs of near-death(-like) experiencers Frontiers in Human Neuroscience April 28, 2023
- Near-death experiences: the mystical feeling of “crossing over” and its impact on faith and spirituality The Science of Religion, Spirituality, and Existentialism 2020
- Did Emanuel Swedenborg have near-death experiences? Envisioning a developmental account of NDEs. Journal of Near-Death Studies 2009
Cites 14
- The Near-Death Experience Scale The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease June 1, 1983
- Auditory Hallucinations of Hearing Voices in 375 Normal Subjects Imagination, Cognition and Personality October 1, 1983
- Attitude Change Following Near-Death Experiences Psychiatry August 1, 1980
- A Community Mail Survey of Psychic Experiences July 5, 2017
- Dissociation in people who have near-death experiences: out of their bodies or out of their minds? The Lancet February 1, 2000
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