Near-death experience as a probe to explore (disconnected) consciousness

C Martial, H Cassol, S Laureys, O Gosseries - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Forty-five years ago, the first evidence of near-death experience (NDE) during comatose
state was provided, setting the stage for a new paradigm for studying the neural basis of …

Explanation of near-death experiences: a systematic analysis of case reports and qualitative research

A Hashemi, AA Oroojan, M Rassouli… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background and objective Some individuals report a near-death experience (NDE) after a
life-threatening crisis, which refers to a range of subjective experiences related to impending …

Compassion as a skill: A comparison of contemplative and evolution-based approaches

P Gilbert, W Van Gordon - Mindfulness, 2023 - Springer
The editors to this volume posed a series of fascinating questions relating to how seeing
compassion as a skill can help us understand its nature, cultivation and effects within …

The Near-Death Experience Content (NDE-C) scale: development and psychometric validation

C Martial, J Simon, N Puttaert, O Gosseries… - Consciousness and …, 2020 - Elsevier
As interest grows in near-death experiences (NDEs), it is increasingly important to
accurately identify them to facilitate empirical research and reproducibility among assessors …

Incidence of near-death experiences in patients surviving a prolonged critical illness and their long-term impact: a prospective observational study

AF Rousseau, L Dams, Q Massart, L Choquer… - Critical Care, 2023 - Springer
Background So far, the few prospective studies on near-death experience (NDE) were
carried out only in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with homogeneous aetiologies, such as …

[PDF][PDF] The evolutionary origin of near-death experiences: A systematic investigation

C Peinkhofer, C Martial, H Cassol… - Brain …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Near-death experiences are known from all parts of the world, various times and numerous
cultural backgrounds. This universality suggests that near-death experiences may have a …

An encounter with the self: A thematic and content analysis of the DMT experience from a naturalistic field study

P Michael, D Luke, O Robinson - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction N, N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is an endogenous serotonergic psychedelic
capable of producing radical shifts in an experience that have significant implications for …

Prevalence of near-death experiences in people with and without REM sleep intrusion

D Kondziella, JP Dreier, MH Olsen - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Background 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 …

Studying death and near‐death experiences requires neuroscientific expertise

C Martial, O Gosseries, H Cassol… - Annals of the New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Parnia et al. recently published suggestions for the study of death and experiences recalled
in a near‐death context. We have serious reservations about the authors' statements. In this …

Protocol for EXICODE: the EXIstential health COhort DEnmark—a register and survey study of adult Danes

TK Stripp, S Wehberg, A Büssing… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction We established the EXIstential health COhort DEnmark (EXICODE) to examine
how existential and spiritual needs, practices and orientations in a secular culture are linked …