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Influences and reinforces paranormal or religious beliefs near death experiences (or NDEs). However, it may be that they are very well explained scientifically by brain dysfunction and strong cultural expectations.

32% encounter with the dead in our NDE

Some people on the verge of death enter a modified state of consciousness called the Near Death Experience (or NDE). The content of NDE is very conservative, which means that it varies from one person to another. Those who experience it report 56% positive emotions, 31% a tunnel vision, 24% feelings leaving your body, 23% intense light or even… dead according to the data Encounter with, 32% from Lomel, in the Lancet in 2001.

A defect in brain function

The exact mechanism remains a mystery, as it is apparently impossible to know when NDEs are meant to record associated brain activity. However, there are some assumptions. The vision of the dead can be linked to the abnormal functioning of neurotransmitters during NDEs, these molecules are used by our brains to transmit information. It can also be caused by brain damage in the temporal lobe region that makes it possible to understand sounds and images.

In addition, “Numerous neuroscientific studies have shown that brain pathology can lead to similar vision.“, Explain to British Researchers in 2011 Publication Trends in cognitive science Title “Nothing near the experiences of death is extraordinary.” “For example, patients with Alzheimer’s disease or progressive Parkinson’s disease may have living hallucinations of ghosts or even demons.“Involved, they suspect”Abnormal Dopamine Function“A neurotransmitter, or a collapse of the visual field for hallucinations”Ghost and fairy tale characters“In the end, hallucinations can come from wrong stimuli that were wrong.”The experience of near-death is a manifestation of normal brain function, loosely during a painful and sometimes trivial event.”, The authors’ conclusion.

Importance of experience and cultural expectations around death

Acknowledge, but why are these scenes of meetings with the dead okay? This may be related to our cultural expectations. For example, in the West, we easily imagine our missing loved ones, which is another dimension for us. This cultural logic makes all the more sense since others, such as Indians and Thais, for example, experience NDEs that differ from people in Western countries at many points, according to a publication Journal of near-death studies since 2008. For example, they do not see a tunnel. On the other hand, 50 to 83% of them say that they have met a person who sends them back alive due to an identity mistake. It is a reference to Yama, the god of death in Hindu and Buddhist religions. Similarly, a study done in Germany in 2001 and published in Journal of near-death studies Individuals reporting NDE have been reported to have more negative emotions reported in East Germany (60%) than in West Germany (29%).