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
Near-Death Experiences in Suicide Attempters in Sri Lanka (open access)

Near-Death Experiences in Suicide Attempters in Sri Lanka

Study exploring near-death experiences (NDEs) among suicide attempters, using interviews of 77 consecutive suicide attempters admitted to a tertiary teaching hospital in Sri Lanka.
Date: Summer 2008
Creator: Kuruppuarchchi, K. A. L. A.; Gambheera, Harischandra; Padmasekara, Gayan & Perera, Mahendra
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corroboration of the Dentures Anecdote Involing Veridical Perception in a Near-Death Experience (open access)

Corroboration of the Dentures Anecdote Involing Veridical Perception in a Near-Death Experience

Abstract: One of the most striking examples of near-death experience stories is the account of a clinically dead patient whose dentures were removed from his mouth prior to resuscitation, and which dentures were then lost. Days later the patient saw a nurse and told him that it was he who had removed those dentures. The patient was right, but he should not have known this information, because tat the time the nurse had removed his dentures, the patient was clinically dead. Since publication of this account in a prestigious mainstream medical journal, speculations have abounded. In this article I describe the investigation I undertook to put these speculations to rest and the outcome of that investigation.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: Smit, Rudolf H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Phenomenology of the Self-Conscious Mind (open access)

The Phenomenology of the Self-Conscious Mind

Article exploring the phenomenon of a near-death experiencer's veridical perceptions during the out-of-body experience (OBE), which strongly suggests the existence of a self-conscious mind as a "field of consciousness," a region of space where a person's consciousness exists.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: Mays, Robert G. & Mays, Suzanne B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Census of Non-Western Near-Death Experiences to 2005: Overview of the Current Data (open access)

Census of Non-Western Near-Death Experiences to 2005: Overview of the Current Data

Abstract: This paper provides a census of non-Western near-death experiences (NDEs), noting similarities and differences in features with Western NDEs and other non-Western NDEs. The two sims of this current review are to update previous transcultural reviews with current data and to describe both crosscultural and culture-specific features of NDEs.
Date: Summer 2008
Creator: Kellehear, Allan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Acute Dying Experience (open access)

The Acute Dying Experience

Article discussing the acute dying experience (ADE), which incorporates peritraumatic dissociation and hyperarousal into an experiential continuum lasting seconds to minutes. It is instantly triggered by the sudden, clear perception of threat of significant injury and/or death and followed, at times, by physical trauma, physiological derangement, and loss of consciousness. Results from this and other studies show that paradoxically the more terrifying and traumatic an accident may appear, the more peaceful and painless it may actually be experienced.
Date: Spring 2008
Creator: Sabom, Michael B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Death Journey of a Hopi Indian: A Case Study (open access)

The Death Journey of a Hopi Indian: A Case Study

Article presenting the case study of the "death journey" or near-death experience (NDE) of Don Talayesva, a Hopi Indian, whose experience occurred between 1900 and 1910. The article compares and contrasts his experience with 11 accounts of Native American NDEs reported by Jenny Wade, as well as with modern day NDEs.
Date: Summer 2008
Creator: Green, J. Timothy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Near-Death Experiences in India: Prevalence and New Features (open access)

Near-Death Experiences in India: Prevalence and New Features

Study seeking to learn about the prevalence rate in a larger Indian population and to explore new features of near-death experiences (NDEs).
Date: Summer 2008
Creator: Pasricha, Satwant K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Death and Posthumous Life of Tom Sawyer: A Case Study of Apparent After-Death Communication (open access)

The Death and Posthumous Life of Tom Sawyer: A Case Study of Apparent After-Death Communication

Article exploring the near-death experience of Tom Sawyer, as well as the question of whether he actually died in April of 2007.
Date: Winter 2008
Creator: Ring, Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library