Brain Activity Actually Could Explains Near-death Experiences
- U-Report
"Dr Borjigin has led an important study that helps shed light on the underlying neurophysiologic mechanisms,"Â Mashou added.
All four patients in the study had been determined beyond medical help. Their families granted permission for the removal of life support.
Dr Nusha Mihaylova, who collaborated with Dr Borjigin on the work and collected EEG data for the study, added: "We are unable to make correlations of the observed neural signatures of consciousness with a corresponding experience in the same patients in this study. However, the observed findings are definitely exciting and provide a new framework for our understanding of covert consciousness in the dying humans."
Previous studies in animals have also demonstrated high levels of gamma wave activity before death.
"Empirical evidence presented in this study strongly suggests that the dying human brain can be activated," the team concluded.Â
This study lays the foundation for further investigation of covert consciousness during cardiac arrest, which may serve as a model system to explore mechanisms of human consciousness.