Near-Death Experiences

Employing clinical, psychological, and neuroscientific methods, this book examines near-death experiences as brain-based phenomena.

This book examines our understanding of near-death experiences from metaphysical and transcendental to modern brain sciences. Employing clinical, psychological, and neuroscientific methods, it will fascinate professionals and general readers interested in brain functions including consciousness, psychology, psychiatry, and philosophy of the mind.The phenomenon of near-death experiences (NDEs) has fascinated humanity for centuries but remains famously difficult to define and study. This book presents a unique source, integrating historical, clinical, psychological, and neuroscientific approaches toward a modern scientific understanding of NDEs. Featuring exciting clinical and experimental details about processes in dying brains, it examines the physiological and psychological underpinnings of this extraordinary phenomenon. Chapters offer science-based accounts of NDEs as a natural part of the human condition informed by our biology and the remarkable capacities of the brain. By proposing that the origin of NDEs can be found in the physiology-dependent mental processes of the experiencer as expressed in altered states of consciousness, this book provides up-to-date insights for psychologists, psychiatrists, neuroscientists, and philosophers alike.