Indigenous
December 31, 2019
Immamul Muttaqin, Moordiningsih - Moordiningsih
Sebagian orang pernah mengalami pengalaman dekat dengan kematian atau Near-Death Experience. Pengalaman semacam ini sering kali disebabkan oleh penyakit yang parah, kerusakan organ vital karena kecelakaan, atau keadaan seperti tidak dapat menghidari kematian. Tujuan dari penelitian adalah untuk memahami dinamika psikologis pada orang-orang yang pernah mengalami pengalaman dekat dengan kematian...
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
December 5, 2019
Simone Bianco, I. Testoni, Arianna Palmieri et al.
35 citations
Near-death experiences (NDE) are intense events that can have profound psychological consequences. Although decreased fear of death after an NDE is a well-documented phenomenon, it is unclear what psychological factors are associated with reduced death anxiety. In this study, grounded in terror management theory, we compared 102 people who had an NDE with 104 individuals who did not....
Scientific Reports
October 1, 2019
Charlotte Martial, Armand Mensen, Vanessa Charland-Verville et al.
36 citations
The neurobiological basis of near-death experiences (NDEs) is unknown, but a few studies attempted to investigate it by reproducing in laboratory settings phenomenological experiences that seem to closely resemble NDEs. So far, no study has induced NDE-like features via hypnotic modulation while simultaneously measuring changes in brain activity using high-density EEG. Five volunteers who...
Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports
July 27, 2019
Costanza Peinkhofer, Jens P Dreier, Daniel Kondziella
45 citations
Purpose of reviewNear-death experiences (NDEs) are conscious perceptual experiences, including self-related emotional, spiritual, and mystical experiences, occurring in close encounters with death or in non-life-threatening situations. The origin of NDEs remains unknown. Here, we review recent advances in the understanding of NDE semiology and pathophysiology.Recent findingsRecent prospective...
Memory
June 12, 2019
Héléna Cassol, Charlotte Martial, Jitka Annen et al.
60 citations
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are usually associated with positive affect, however, a small proportion are considered distressing. We aimed to look into the proportion of distressing NDEs in a sample of NDE narratives, categorise distressing narratives according to Greyson and Bush’s classification (inverse, void or hellish), and compare distressing and “classical” NDEs. Participants wrote down...
Medical Hypotheses
March 26, 2019
J. Lake
The paper is divided into four parts. In Part I, I review principle NDE models, important recent research findings and limitations of NDE research I remark on the absence of consensus on an explanatory model of NDEs. Part II begins with an overview of NDE evolutionary thinking up until now. I define an NDE predisposition as a specialized kind of higher cognitive trait and argue that this...
Anthropology of Consciousness
March 1, 2019
P. Craffert
28 citations
Abstract The growing body of research on near‐death experiences ( NDE s) is an indication of the large number of people claiming such experiences. A surprising feature of the research is that conceptually there is no agreement on what an NDE is and consequently a large number of definitions characterize this field of research. In order to address the definitional quagmire, a first step consists...
Consciousness and Cognition
March 1, 2019
Charlotte Martial, Héléna Cassol, Vanessa Charland-Verville et al.
98 citations
The real or perceived proximity to death often results in a non-ordinary state of consciousness characterized by phenomenological features such as the perception of leaving the body boundaries, feelings of peace, bliss and timelessness, life review, the sensation of traveling through a tunnel and an irreversible threshold. Near-death experiences (NDEs) are comparable among individuals of...
Religions
February 22, 2019
Travis Dumsday
There is a substantial literature on the question of whether methodological naturalism (MN) is and/or should be among the principles operative in the natural and social sciences; moreover the status of MN has been one of the battle grounds in prominent debates regarding the demarcation lines between science and theology (e.g., the debate over whether intelligent design hypotheses can ever count...
bioRxiv Preprint Server
January 28, 2019
Daniel Kondziella, Markus Harboe Olsen
2 citations
preprint
ABSTRACT Background Near-death experiences have fascinated humans for centuries, but their origin and prevalence remain unknown. Methods Using an online crowdsourcing platform, we recruited 1034 lay people from 35 countries to investigate the prevalence of near-death experiences and self-reported REM sleep intrusion. Reports were validated using the Greyson Near-Death Experiences Scale (GNDES)...
International Journal of Philosophy
2019
Stefan H. Gugerell, Gloria Maria Schneeweiss
In 1975, the physician Raymond Moody published the bestseller Life after Life. Moody introduced the term ‘near-death experience’ in his book to describe specific experiences of people who have survived a life-threatening situation. Meanwhile, measuring instruments for the operationalization of near-death experiences have been developed and numerous, partly prospective, clinical studies have...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2019
BA Llb Matthew Richardson
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Journal of Near-Death Studies
2019
Review of a book titled God and the Afterlife: The Groundbreaking New Evidence for God and Near-Death Experience written by Jeffrey Long with Paul Perry, focusing on near-death experiences which have encounters with god.
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2019
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies providing a commentary from the author of the book, Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions, regarding a review of the book and multiple critiques and responses between the book's author and the reviewer.
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2019
H A Atwater
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing the article, "Spontaneous Mediumship Experiences Among Near-Death Experiencers: A Qualitative Study" by Ryan D. Foster, Bethany M. Kahoe, and Danijela H. Nardelli.
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2019
H A Atwater
Letter written to the editor of the Journal of Near-Death Studies discussing the article, "Spontaneous Mediumship Experiences Among Near-Death Experiencers: A Qualitative Study" by Ryan D. Foster, Bethany M. Kahoe, and Danijela H. Nardelli.
Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
2019
Jonathan Kopel
Near-death experiences (NDEs) have been a source of controversy within academia and the public. NDEs occur in 10% to 20% of patients who have come close to death and consist of vivid, subjective experiences that occur during life-threatening emergencies. Specifically, NDEs include out-of-body experiences, pleasant feelings, seeing deceased relatives, a life review, or a conscious return into...
Neuroscience of Consciousness
2019
Héléna Cassol, Arnaud D’Argembeau, Vanessa Charland-Verville et al.
16 citations
Some people report memories of near-death experiences (NDEs) after facing situations of impending death and these memories appear to have significant consequences on their lives (here referred to as “real NDE experiencers”; real NDErs). We assessed to what extent NDE memories are considered self-defining: memories that help people to define clearly how they see themselves. We screened 71...
PeerJ
2019
Daniel Kondziella, Jens P Dreier, Markus Harboe Olsen
34 citations
The origin and prevalence of near-death experiences are unknown. A recent study suggested a link with REM sleep intrusion but was criticized for its selection of control participants. We therefore assessed the association of REM intrusion and near-death experiences with different methods. Using a crowd-sourcing platform, we recruited 1,034 lay people from 35 countries to investigate the...
PeerJ
2019
Daniel Kondziella, Markus Harboe Olsen, Coline L. Lemale et al.
17 citations
Near-death experiences (NDE) occur with imminent death and in situations of stress and danger but are poorly understood. Evidence suggests that NDE are associated with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep intrusion, a feature of narcolepsy. Previous studies further found REM abnormalities and an increased frequency of dream-enacting behavior in migraine patients, as well as an association between...