I asked this question a little while ago and got few responses, so I'm calling out people whom I respect to get some insight.
A study published in 2001 in a major medical journal (The Lancet) about Near Death Experiences (NDE). The authors concluded that "Several theories have been proposed to explain NDE. We did not show that psychological, neurophysiological, or physiological factors caused these experiences after cardiac arrest." In other words, the body does not necessarily produce all aspect of consciousness. Sited supporting research also showed accurate descriptions of hospital rooms, etc., verifiably during the time of flat lined EEG, by patients born blind!
These researchers offered another theory that "NDE might be a changing state of consciousness (transcendence), in which identity, cognition, and emotion function independently from the unconscious body, but retain the possibility of non-sensory perception."
2006-09-01
06:09:44
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