Near-death experiences (NDEs) were popularised by Moody in his book Life After Life (1975). In it, he described ‘classical’ features, such as out-of-body experience (OOBE) and meeting a ‘being of light’ who helps to review one’s past life. These descriptions were based on accounts of survivors of cardiac arrest and other life-threatening situations.
While these accounts promoted the popular view that NDEs provide evidence for life after death, researchers tried to explain them in terms of underlying physiological mechanisms. Klemenc-Ketis et al. studied the incidence of NDEs in people who survived a cardiac arrest that had occurred out of hospital, focusing on the levels of various chemicals in their bloodstream.
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