Wednesday, 15 February 2012

How do the near-death experiences widely discussed in the popular press compare with the experience of dying envisioned by Bierce in "An Occurrence...

Present day near-death experiences, which are growing in incidence as techniques for
resuscitation improve and become globally more widespread, most often involve a bright white
light that shines in the center of one's vision as one's field of vision narrows from peripheral
to tunnel vision. Often a sense of leaving one's body, which is commonly within vision below, is
reported. Another common feature is a feeling of painlessness and cummunality (a gathering of
people, well-known and otherwise) who collect to greet the person having the
experience. 

As a side note, science has begun to identify the areas of the
brain responsible for the out-of-body phenomenon, the light and the narrowing tunnel vision.
Researchers have been able to stimulate these areas with currents from electrodes and replicate
experiences of being removed from one's physical self, of...


href="https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/399692/Why-science-is-taking-near-death-experiences-seriously">https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/3...

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