Scientists Confirm Life After Life !!

Characteristics of memories for near-death experiences

Near-death experiences are vivid, life-changing experiences occurring to people who come
close to death. Because some of their features, such as enhanced cognition despite compro-
mised brain function, challenge our understanding of the mind-brain relationship, the
question arises whether near-death experiences are imagined rather than real events.
We administered the Memory Characteristics Questionnaire to 122 survivors of a close
brush with death who reported near-death experiences. Participants completed Memory
Characteristics Questionnaires for three different memories: that of their near-death expe-
rience, that of a real event around the same time, and that of an event they had imagined
around the same time. The Memory Characteristics Questionnaire score was higher for the
memory of the near-death experience than for that of the real event, which in turn was
higher than that of the imagined event. These data suggest that memories of near-death
experiences are recalled as ‘‘realer” than real events or imagined events.

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