Near-death experience: all studies (page 57)

Research on near-death experiences got another step forward

Tam-Tri Le preprint

A recently published article describes the electroencephalography (EEG) data of a dying human brain in a rare case study .

DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/fdszm

Consciousness at the Edge of Death: Dark Retreat, Near-Death Experience, and Generative Brain Dynamics

Mark Miller, Zach Buck, Alex Zhu et al. preprint

Near-death experiences (NDEs) and advanced contemplative practices such as dark retreat are frequently reported to involve vivid inner imagery, encounters with non-ordinary agents, moral insight, and panoramic life reviews. Despite growing empirical interest, these experiences remain theoretically fragmented across neuroscience, psychology, and religious studies. In this paper, we develop a...

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/q7euc_v1

Quantifying representational mismatch between narratives and structured reports in near-death experiences

Cristian Pulido, Francisco Gómez, Prejaas K.b. Tewarie et al. preprint

Near-death experiences (NDEs) are often studied using both structured questionnaires and narrative reports, yet these representations cannot be assumed to provide interchangeable representations of the same experience. Narratives allow flexible expression of different aspects of the experience, whereas questionnaires organize reports into predefined dimensions and retrospective evaluations. How...

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.7315140

Near-death experiences: scientific analysis. A great introduction to the physics theory of human disembodiment and supercivilization theory

Marek-Lars Kruusen preprint

The physics theory of the human exiting the body describes and studies the real possibility of the human disembodied state, which is the first part of the super-civilization theory, or ÜTT. The second part describes and examines the impact of a person's disembodied state on society and civilization as a whole. The physics theory of the human disembodiment is based on the physics theory of time...

DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/jh86a

The Near-Death Experience and the Question of Immortality: A Philosophical Approach

Stephen D. Smith

From tentative beginnings the literature on near-death experiences has mushroomed beyond all computation. In the nature of the case, the bulk of this literature depends very much on anecdotal evidence and presupposes that those who claim to have experienced such phenomena are telling their stories in good faith. Despite a minority of dissenting voices, most of the doctors, psychologists and...

DOI: 10.32388/m2vq2f

From Near-Death Experience to Rebirth: A Continuity Model of Consciousness Across Biological Death - An Interdisciplinary Framework for Examining the Possible Relationship Between Near-Death Experiences, Reincarnation Memories, and Survival of Consciousness

Acharya Pt Dr Avdhesh Kumarr preprint

Near-death experiences (NDEs) and reports of memories of previous lives have traditionally been investigated as separate categories of exceptional human experience. NDE research primarily examines experiences occurring during or around episodes of severe physiological crisis, whereas reincarnation research has focused particularly on young children who spontaneously report memories apparently...

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.7363040

Death and Near-Death Experiences in Ketamine and Psychedelic Therapy

Michael Alvear preprint

Patients undergoing ketamine-or psychedelic-assisted therapy for cancer-related distress, treatment-resistant depression, or end-of-life existential fear frequently report experiences resembling death or near-death: a sense of leaving the body, encountering something transcendent, or having died and returned. This synthesis reviews peer-reviewed evidence on how often this occurs, why it may...

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.7206360

Self-reported near-death and near-death-like experiences in a Chinese online sample: an exploratory mixed-methods study

Frontiers in Psychology September 21, 2026 Yufei Xue, Fangting Wang, Chunyan Yang et al.

IntroductionNear-death experiences (NDEs) are subjective experiences reported during actual or perceived life-threatening situations, whereas near-death-like experiences may occur in non-life-threatening altered states. Empirical data from Chinese populations remain limited, particularly regarding culturally specific narrative content.MethodsThis exploratory mixed-methods study examined...

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1935246 Full text Near-death experiences Chinese culture Consciousness Mixed-methods study +2

Afterlife Beliefs and Dream Encounters with the Dead among Adherents of Alternative Spiritualities in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Studia Mythologica Slavica August 18, 2026 Tina Ivnik

This article examines the connection between the ideas adherents of alternative spiritualities in Bosnia and Herzegovina have about the afterlife and their understanding of dreams involving the dead. It explores how these ideas and interpretations are connected to the perceived agency of the dead, as experienced by my interlocutors in their dreams. Focusing on ideas about the afterlife within...

DOI: 10.3986/sms20252806 Full text Near-death experience Alternative spirituality Dreams Dead +3

Le « spirituel mais non religieux » en santé : sacré sauvage et domestication scientifique

ThéoRèmes August 5, 2026 Renaud Évrard

An intermediate space seems to be constituted by the "spiritual but not religious", which we will consider from the angle of its implications in the field of health. We study experiences of the "wildly sacred," particularly at the frontiers of death: near-death experiences, terminal lucidity and necrophany. Presented in spontaneous forms or induced in experimental devices, these experiences are...

DOI: 10.4000/12z8x Full text Near-death experience Terminal lucidity Necrophany Neuro-theology