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Lucid dreams as one method of replicating components of the near-death experience in a laboratory setting.

Jonathan Green

Journal of Near-Death Studies 1995 DOI: 10.17514/jnds-1995-14-1-p49-59. (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Topics Lucid dreaming Near-death experience
Citations 9
Key points Argues that lucid dreams, out-of-body experiences, and near-death experiences share substantial phenomenological overlap, and proposes that newly developed methods of inducing lucid dreams could be used to develop a methodology for replicating components of the near-death experience.

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Article exploring a large phenomenological overlap among lucid dreams, out-of-body experiences, and near-death experiences, which suggests the possibility of developing a methodology of replicating components of the near-death experience using newly developed methods of inducing lucid dreams.

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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

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