1982
Daniel J.j. Carr
70 citations
This paper discusses the strong resemblance of near-death experiences (NDEs) to complex hallucinations associated with limbic lobe dysfunction. The paper presents the hypothesis that neurohormones with the capacity to influence hippocampal activity may also cause characteristics of NDE limbic lobe syndrome.
1982
Kenneth Ring
34 citations
This paper describes deep near-death experiences (NDEs). Personal flashforwards (PFFs) and prophetic visions (PVs) involve seeing events subsequent to the NDE, and seeing planetary-wide events, respectively. The paper describes PVs that depict major global changes.
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1981
Carl Becker
31 citations
From introduction: "One of the commonest reactions to the visionary experiences of heaven by the critical observer has been to argue that these are nothing more than the projections of the expectations of the dying person, who was either consciously or subconsciously trained to expect heavenly scenery (etc.) by his cultural upbringing. [...] This paper is a preliminary report on the status of...
1981
Stephen Vicchio
6 citations
Anabiosis-The Journal for Near-Death Studies Cicero tells us, through the character of Scipio, of a panoramic vision coming as the result of a close brush with death.In this vision Scipio is met by Scipio Africanus, the Elder, a dead ancestor who guides him into paradise.James Hastings' Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics (1928) contains a number of other cross-cultural examples of out-of-body...
1981
Michael Sabom
16 citations
This paper discusses the effort to find an objective means of evaluating near-death experiences (NDEs). A study of "one hundred and sixteen near-death survivors have been interviewed in this study" (abstract). The author's mechanism for determining the authenticity of out-of-body experiences (OBEs) requires that individuals recall details that are specific to the events that surrounded their...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1981
Bruce Greyson
12 citations
From introduction: "Michael Grosso, in his elegant review of various hypotheses intended to explain near-death experiences as reductionistic and unable to account adequately for the NDE. The present paper is a restatement of the case for psychological interpretations of the NDE; it is intended to forestall the premature rejection of psychodynamic approaches to the study of NDEs."
American Journal of Psychiatry
October 1, 1980
174 citations
The authors studied retrospectively 78 reports of "near-death experiences using subjects narratives and questionnaires, interviews, and medical records. Prior experiences suggestive of transcendence of death were more common among these subjects than among control populations, but prior experiences suggestive of extrasensory phenomena were less common. Subsequent changes in attitudes were more...
American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology
September 1, 1980
Idabelle Stevenson, Bruce Greyson
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology: September 1980 - Volume 1 - Issue 3 - p 287
Psychiatry
August 1, 1980
Russell Noyes
172 citations
(1980). Attitude Change Following Near-Death Experiences. Psychiatry: Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 234-242.
Tam-Tri Le
preprint
A recently published article describes the electroencephalography (EEG) data of a dying human brain in a rare case study .