Brain’s Computation on Near-death Experience and Dream
Qi-Hua Chen
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research 2022 DOI: 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.191 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Near-death experience |
| Key points | Argues that the human brain operates like a big-data processing system and that near-death experiences and dreams are products of neuron activity, with individual differences accounting for variations in these experiences. Proposes that this framework can help people who had negative emotions during such experiences by guiding them to understand the underlying processes. |
Abstract
When big data are widely used in all walks of life, obsolete numerous information is processed by high-speed operation of the computer system: data collection, data cleaning, data mining, data presentation; thus, seemingly disorganized data rapidly become logical and interconnected. Numerous results not only can be seen but the trend can also be accurately predicted. The human brain is the most complicated system, known as the human body data center and computing center. A large number of neurons produce huge amounts of signals controlling the human body. So far, the exploration of the brain’s computation on near-death experiences and dreams, because of the limitation due to the relatively small number of samples, is limited from the perspective of biology and dualism. Inspired by the principle of big data, I tried to analyze the origins of various illusions generated by the human brain from the perspective of big data. The analysis is based on four steps of large data processing-data gathering, data cleaning, data mining, and data presentation-to represent how the human brain works when collecting signals, examining signals, forming the corresponding algorithm, and storing the algorithm. This paper discusses the consistency of big data and how the brain work, which further illustrates that the experiences in the near-death experience and dreams are nothing but the results of the neuron activities. However, the results are different because of individual differences. What’s more, through the research of these two specific conscious stages, this paper is dedicated to helping people who had negative emotions during near-death experiences or dreams by guiding them to objectively understand the processes.
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 |