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A new study explains why current brain theories fail to fully explain near-death experiences and consciousness.

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Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a widely reported yet poorly understood phenomenon. Though there is no agreed-upon definition of an NDE, it has been described as “profound psychological events with ...

The man sitting across from me introduces himself as a house painter. His near-death experience followed a severe fall from a ladder: fractured ribs, internal bleeding, loss of consciousness before ...

An ambitious effort to create a neurophysiological paradigm to explain near-death experiences has failed to capture many fascinating and often perplexing aspects of people's brushes with death, top ...