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| Title |
Near-Death-Like Experiences without Life-Threatening Conditions or Brain Disorders: A Hypothesis from a Case Report
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00490 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Enrico Facco, Christian Agrillo |
| Abstract |
Near-death experiences (NDEs) are profound psychic experiences commonly occurring in life-threatening conditions. They include feeling a sense of peace, of seeing a bright light, encountering deceased relatives or religious figures, and of transcending space and time. To explain them, it has been suggested that they stem from brain disorders and/or psychological reactions to approaching death, a sort of wishful thinking in response to the perceived threat. This is a report on a case with most of the features typical of NDEs except that it occurred entirely without any life-threatening conditions. This evidence is theoretically incompatible with either of the above hypotheses, suggesting that a broader interpretation of the phenomenon is needed. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 14 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 14% |
| Sweden | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 9 | 64% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 11 | 79% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 14% |
| Scientists | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 49 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 4% |
| Hungary | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 45 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 14% |
| Professor | 6 | 12% |
| Researcher | 5 | 10% |
| Other | 9 | 18% |
| Unknown | 6 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 13 | 27% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 20% |
| Engineering | 4 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 18% |
| Unknown | 8 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 May 2024.
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#4,121
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#13,710
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#72
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