Intensity and memory characteristics of near-death experiences |
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| Institution: | 1. Epilepsy Genetics/Genomics Lab, Neurology and Research Services, VA GLAHS/UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA;2. GENESS International Consortium;3. Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA;4. GIGA-Neurosciences, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium;5. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC), Tegucigalpa, Honduras;6. Chapman University School of Pharmacy, Irvine, California, USA;7. Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA;8. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras;9. National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Mexico City, Mexico;10. Neurogenetics Lab, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan;11. Unidade de Pesquisa e Tratamento das Epilepsias (UNIPETE), Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo (UNIFESP-EPM), Sao Paulo, Brazil;12. Eugenio Medea Scientific Institute, Conegliano and Dulbecco Telethon Institute, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Memories of Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) seem to be very detailed and stable over time. At present, there is still no satisfactory explanation for the NDEs’ rich phenomenology. Here we compared phenomenological characteristics of NDE memories with the reported experience’s intensity. We included 152 individuals with a self-reported “classical” NDE (i.e. occurring in life-threatening conditions). All participants completed a mailed questionnaire that included a measure of phenomenological characteristics of memories (the Memory Characteristics Questionnaire; MCQ) and a measure of NDE’s intensity (the Greyson NDE scale). Greyson NDE scale total score was positively correlated with MCQ total score, suggesting that participants who described more intense NDEs also reported more phenomenological memory characteristics of NDE. Using MCQ items, our study also showed that NDE’s intensity is associated in particular with sensory details, personal importance and reactivation frequency variables. |
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| Keywords: | Near-death experience Memory Intensity Phenomenological characteristics Greyson NDE scale Memory Characteristics Questionnaire |
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