Using computational linguistics to understand near-death experiences: Concurrent validity for the Near Death Experience Scale.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rense Lange ◽  
Bruce Greyson ◽  
James Houran
Keyword(s):  
Computational Linguistics ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Death Experience ◽  
Near Death Experiences ◽  
Near Death Experience

scholarly journals Impact of a near-death experience and religious conversion on the mental health of a criminal: case report and literature review

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla C. Braghetta ◽  
Glícia P. Santana ◽  
Quirino Cordeiro ◽  
Sergio P. Rigonatti ◽  
Giancarlo Lucchetti
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Present Case Report ◽  
Death Experience ◽  
Psychological Events ◽  
Near Death Experiences ◽  
Near Death Experience

OBJECTIVE: Near-death experiences have been defined as profound psychological events that may occur to a person while close to death or in a situation of extreme physical or emotional distress. These experiences seem to have an important effect on the patients’ mental health and may occur in several situations despite their cultural and religious beliefs. CASE DESCRIPTION: The present case report describes the positive impact of a near-death experience (Greyson scale > 7) followed by religious conversion on the mental health of a former prisoner. COMMENTS: Investigation of the role of near-death experiences by the scientific community could shed light on the coping mechanisms and moral/ethical transformations that take place in these individuals.

Are Persons Reporting “Near-Death Experiences” Really near Death? A Study of Medical Records

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Stevenson ◽  
Emily Williams Cook ◽  
Nicholas Mc Clean-Rice
Keyword(s):  
Medical Records ◽  
Life Threatening Illness ◽  
Threatening Condition ◽  
Death Experience ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Near Death Experiences ◽  
Near Death Experience

In the cases of 107 patients who reported unusual experiences during an illness or injury, such as seeing their own body from a different position in space, medical records were obtained for forty patients. These were examined and rated according to the evidence they provided of grave, life-threatening illness or injury. Eighteen patients (45%) were judged to have had serious, life-threatening illnesses or injuries, but twenty-two (55%) were rated as having had no life-threatening condition. Nevertheless, thirty-three (82.5%) of the patients believed that they had been “dead” or near death. Deficiencies in the medical records may account for a few of the discrepancies between patients' reports and medical records. However, it seems likely that an important precipitator of the so-called near-death experience is the belief that one is dying—whether or not one is in fact close to death.

A Pediatric Near-Death Experience: Tunnel Variants

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Serdahely
Keyword(s):  
Near Drowning ◽  
Death Experience ◽  
Present Case Study ◽  
Near Death Experiences ◽  
Near Death Experience

A paucity of literature exists for pediatric near-death experiences with only thirteen cases reported thus far. Morse and his colleagues have called for additional well-documented cases to further our knowledge of children's near-death experiences. The present case study is of a boy who had an NDE due to nearly drowning when he was seven years old. Besides adding to the sparse pediatric NDE population, this case presents a variation of the tunnel experience not before reported in either the adult or the pediatric NDE literature. Instead of seeing deceased friends or relatives or sensing a presence while in the tunnel, this boy was comforted by two of his family's pets who had died prior to the near-drowning incident.

Revelation in Near-Death Experience

2021 ◽  
pp. 536-551
Author(s):  
Gregory Shushan
Keyword(s):  
Life Review ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
The Body ◽  
Religious Experiences ◽  
Death Experience ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Near Death Experiences ◽  
Near Death Experience

Accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs) across cultures often include claims of encounters with deities or spirits who impart information to the experiencer. Other accounts involve the experiencer obtaining knowledge by other means, without the assistance of a non-human supernatural being. While some cases involve deceased relatives, the most significant factor in others might be the soul’s perceptions of the body from a vantage point outside it, seeing or travelling to other realms, having a panoramic life review, encountering the soul of a person not previously known to have died, having prophetic visions, or more generalized impressions of universal understanding and/or union. In all these senses, NDEs can be seen as revelatory experiences, with profound information being conveyed to the individual through ostensibly mystical or ‘religious’ experiences.

scholarly journals Losing the Self in Near-Death Experiences: The Experience of Ego-Dissolution

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 929
Author(s):  
Charlotte Martial ◽  
Géraldine Fontaine ◽  
Olivia Gosseries ◽  
Robin Carhart-Harris ◽  
Christopher Timmermann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
The Self ◽  
Nature Relatedness ◽  
Body Experiences ◽  
Scale Total Score ◽  
Death Experience ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
Nature Relatedness Scale ◽  
Near Death Experiences ◽  
Near Death Experience

Many people who have had a near-death experience (NDE) describe, as part of it, a disturbed sense of having a “distinct self”. However, no empirical studies have been conducted to explore the frequency or intensity of these effects. We surveyed 100 NDE experiencers (Near-Death-Experience Content [NDE-C] scale total score ≥27/80). Eighty participants had their NDEs in life-threatening situations and 20 had theirs not related to life-threatening situations. Participants completed the Ego-Dissolution Inventory (EDI) and the Ego-Inflation Inventory (EII) to assess the experience of ego dissolution and inflation potentially experienced during their NDE, respectively. They also completed the Nature-Relatedness Scale (NR-6) which measures the trait-like construct of one’s self-identification with nature. Based on prior hypotheses, ratings of specific NDE-C items pertaining to out-of-body experiences and a sense of unity were used for correlational analyses. We found higher EDI total scores compared with EII total scores in our sample. Total scores of the NDE-C scale were positively correlated with EDI total scores and, although less strongly, the EII and NR-6 scores. EDI total scores were also positively correlated with the intensity of OBE and a sense of unity. This study suggests that the experience of dissolved ego-boundaries is a common feature of NDEs.

The Perceived Other World in Mormon Near-Death Experiences: A Social and Physical Description

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig R. Lundahl
Keyword(s):  
Social Stratification ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Physical Description ◽  
The Social ◽  
Death Experience ◽  
Other World ◽  
Near Death Experiences ◽  
Near Death Experience

During the past decade, behavioral and medical scientists have compiled an increasing amount of scientific work on the aspect of death known as the near-death experience. Investigators have found over 100 cases of near-death experience where persons have encountered another realm or mode of existence. This paper describes the perceived other world based on a limited number of insightful cases of Mormon near-death experiences. The social system of the other world is very organized and based on a moral order. The basic societal unit is the family. The other world has a system of social stratification and its most important desirable is morality. Social control processes are also evident in the other world. The Mormon findings suggest that a tremendous process of socialization is being undertaken there. The Mormon descriptions suggest the other world is vast and located near the earth. It contains buildings that are better constructed than the buildings on earth and landscape and vegetation “indescribably beautiful.” New powers and capabilities are experienced in the body form of the other world, and there are various styles of dress. The influence of the Mormon frame of reference on the findings is discussed.

The Influence of Demographic/Psychological Factors and Preexisting Conditions on the Near-Death Experience

1985 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart W. Twemlow ◽  
Glen O. Gabbard
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Definite Evidence ◽  
Death Experience ◽  
Near Death Experiences ◽  
Near Death Experience ◽  
Preexisting Conditions

Thirty-four participants responding to a questionnaire survey and reporting near-death experiences are examined for preexisting psychological, perceptual-cognitive, demographic, and physical differences when compared both with each other and with a larger pool of 386 respondents who were not near death. There was no evidence of psychopathology in the population, but definite evidence of different perceptual-cognitive style in those prone to near-death experiences. Different preexisting physical states did show clusters of features, thus apparently influencing the nature of the experience. Tentative psychoanalytic explanatory formulations are noted.

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