Unexpected Findings in a Study of Visual Perception During the Naturalistic Near-Death Out-of-Body Experience (open access)

Unexpected Findings in a Study of Visual Perception During the Naturalistic Near-Death Out-of-Body Experience

Study of visual perception during the naturalistic near-death out-of-body experience (nND OBE), that aspect of the NDE in which the experiencer seems to view normal physical surroundings from a vantage point outside the physical body, which yielded some unexpected findings that contradicted or augmented previous research. Each of these findings is discussed relative to previous research and analyzed in light of the limitations of the current study.
Date: Spring 1989
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Verdicality Research in the Hospital Setting: Problems and Promise (open access)

Near-Death Verdicality Research in the Hospital Setting: Problems and Promise

Study of near-death verdicality in the hospital setting. The paper describes problems, both anticipated and unanticipated, that were encountered. Based on the successes and failures of this undertaking, recommendations for future research of this type are presented.
Date: Autumn 1990
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner & Joesten, Leroy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Visual Perception During Naturalistic Near-Death Out-of-Body Experiences (open access)

Visual Perception During Naturalistic Near-Death Out-of-Body Experiences

Study attempting to ascertain the most appropriate content and placement of visual stimuli in a hospital-based study of the veridicality of out-of-body perception in the near-death experience (NDE), and the likelihood that a subject in such a study would notice, clearly perceive, and accurately recall a visual stimulus.
Date: Winter 1988
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electromagnetic Aftereffects of Near-Death Experiences (open access)

Electromagnetic Aftereffects of Near-Death Experiences

Study investigating electromagnetic effects among near-death experiencers (NDErs), people who reported a close brush with death without an NDE, and people who reported never having been close to death but who used their most life-changing event as a past reference point.
Date: Winter 2008
Creator: Mouri, Farnoosh M. & Holden, Janice Miner
System: The UNT Digital Library
Does the Arousal System Contribute to Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences? A Summary and Response (open access)

Does the Arousal System Contribute to Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences? A Summary and Response

Article acknowledging the viability and potential value of the hypothesis underlying articles suggesting a relationship between near-death experiences (NDEs) and the body's arousal system, but also identifying substantial weaknesses in both the presented lines of evidence and the studies.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Long, Jeffrey & Holden, Janice Miner
System: The UNT Digital Library
More Things in Heaven and Earth: A Response to "Near-Death Experiences with Hallucinatory Features" (open access)

More Things in Heaven and Earth: A Response to "Near-Death Experiences with Hallucinatory Features"

Article offering alternative arguments and conclusions to those Keith Augustine offered regarding discrepancies between some near-death experiencers' (NDErs') reports of events they perceived during their NDEs and objective information available about those events.
Date: Autumn 2007
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Field of Near-Death Studies Through 2001: An Analysis of the Periodical Literature (open access)

The Field of Near-Death Studies Through 2001: An Analysis of the Periodical Literature

Article analyzing literature of the first quarter century of the field of near-death studies.
Date: Autumn 2005
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner & Christian, Rozan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Failure to Elicit Near-Death Experiences in Induced Cardiac Arrest (open access)

Failure to Elicit Near-Death Experiences in Induced Cardiac Arrest

Article exploring the reasons why near-death experiences may not occur during induced cardiac arrest.
Date: Winter 2006
Creator: Greyson, Bruce; Holden, Janice Miner & Mounsey, J. Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
Out-of-Body Experiences: All in the Brain? (open access)

Out-of-Body Experiences: All in the Brain?

Article presenting arguments supporting the conclusion that the subtitle claims of an article published in "Nature" were not well-founded and that much research remains to be conducted to unravel the mystery of out-of-body experiences.
Date: Winter 2006
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner; Long, Jeffrey & MacLurg, Jason
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect on Emotional Well-Being of Hypnotic Recall of the Near-Death Experience (open access)

Effect on Emotional Well-Being of Hypnotic Recall of the Near-Death Experience

Article reporting the preliminary finding of overwhelming psychological benefit of hypnotic recall of near-death experiences, and discussing implications for future research.
Date: Summer 1996
Creator: Holden, Janice Miner
System: The UNT Digital Library