Sentences with phrase «study near death experiences»

I was led to study near death experiences.

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Near - death studies are about the best we have and anecdotally I think that many people do report «conscious» experience whether that's due to anoxia or otherwise there is no substantial evidence suggesting the absence of «consciousness.»

In terms of possible physiological triggers, life - endangering events such as falling and a sudden drop of oxygen to the brain are thought to be potential causes - something which would correlate with a previous study which found that 1 in 5 people who'd suffered a heart attack and were resuscitated had reported a near - death experience.

Look at the studies of near death experiences by Pim van Lommel in the Netherlands.

Bruce Greyson, a psychiatrist at UVHS and director of DOPS, is a pioneer in the study of near - death experiences.

At the University of Virginia Health System's Division of Perceptual Studies, or DOPS, scientists are studying an array of anomalous phenomena, including near - death experiences, out - of - body experiences, and memories of past lives.

He also did a separate study involving elderly people who had a near - death experience in early childhood.

Morse decided to study halothane, another commonly used anesthetic, believing his study might help explain the many reports of near - death experiences trickling out of emergency rooms.

Just as in Morse's study, van Lommel examined the patients» records for any factors traditionally used to explain near - death experiences — such as setting, drugs, or illness — and found no evidence of their influence.

«The aim of our study was to investigate the frequency distribution of these features, both globally and according to the position of features in narratives, as well as the most frequently reported temporality sequences of the different near - death - experience features.»

Not all of these experiences actually coincide with brushes with death — one study of 58 patients who recounted near - death experiences found 30 were not actually in danger of dying, although most of them thought they were.

We can never confirm what animals think or feel in their final moments, making it all but impossible to use them to study our own near - death experiences, he believes.

Following on from the work of Pim van Lommel in the Netherlands, the study aims to examine near - death experiences in 1,500 cardiac arrest survivors and so determine whether people without a heartbeat or brain activity can have documentable out - of - body experiences.

In a previous lesson we looked at the case study of Pam Reynolds who had a near death experience - 10 min clip found on youtube.

Born in Dorset in 1980, Stuart Semple became an artist after a traumatic near death experience at the age of 19 whilst studying Fine Art at Breton Hall in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

These studies seem to conflict with the fact that people who have traumatic experiences, such as a near - death experience, often discard materialistic and self - centred pursuits and adopt a more compassionate and reflective worldview.