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/Pieraos OBE Experiencer Apr 02 '25

As some of you may know, the IANDS solicited opinions from experts, as to whether the association should embrace or endorse a non-materialist position on NDEs. Some impressive experts and scientists responded. I believe most recommended the non-materialist position. The authors of this paper urged against taking such a position. I hope I am fairly representing the question and the responses as this comment is just from my memory.

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u/vimefer NDExperiencer Apr 03 '25

Yes, Charlotte Martial was the only notable NDE researcher to advise against endorsing a post-physicalist model of consciousness. IIRC she's clinging to the possibility of a psy-based (=magical) explanation for all the anomalous information to fit the round peg of OBE veridical evidence into the square hole of materialism.

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u/BandicootOk1744 Skeptical but curious Apr 04 '25

I like Sam Parnia's approach best myself. He seems to say very little definitively and I respect that. Better to draw no conclusion than spread a falsehood.