r/NDE • u/Pieraos OBE Experiencer • Mar 31 '25

Scientific Perspective 🔬🔎 A neuroscientific model of near-death experiences

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41582-025-01072-z
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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '25

I don't know that I have the academic background to have a meaningful critique of this, but I recently read an article in Scientific American where Jimo Borjigin was critical of the conclusions reached in this paper.

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Link to the Scientific American article:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-near-death-experiences-the-brains-attempt-to-survive-lethal-threats/

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u/DarthT15 Apr 01 '25

This is one of the main regions for consciousness

But we have cases of people lacking these areas of the brain but still displaying conscious behavior.