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defined term of NDEs to explore objectively what happens
when we die.?
Thirty-nine per cent of patients who survived cardiac arrest
and were able to undergo structured interviews described a
perception of awareness, but interestingly did not have any
explicit recall of events.
?This suggests more people may have mental activity initially
but then lose their memories after recovery, either due to the
effects of brain injury or sedative drugs on memory recall,?
explained Dr Parnia, who was an Honorary Research Fellow at
the University of Southampton when he started the AWARE
study.

Among those who reported a perception of awareness and
completed further interviews, 46 per cent experienced a
broad range of mental recollections in relation to death that
were not compatible with the commonly used term of NDE?s.
These included fearful and persecutory experiences. Only 9
per cent had experiences compatible with NDEs and 2 per
cent exhibited full awareness compatible with OBE?s with
explicit recall of ?seeing?and ?hearing?events.
One case was validated and timed using auditory stimuli
during cardiac arrest. Dr Parnia concluded: ?This is

In this case, consciousness and awareness appeared to
occur during a three-minute period when there was no
heartbeat. This is paradoxical, since the brain typically
ceases functioning within 20-30 seconds of the heart
stopping and doesn?t resume again until the heart has
been restarted. Furthermore, the detailed recollections
of visual awareness in this case were consistent with
verified events.
?Thus, while it was not possible to absolutely prove the
reality or meaning of patients?experiences and claims of
awareness, (due to the very low incidence (2 per cent) of
explicit recall of visual awareness or so called OBE?s), it
was impossible to disclaim them either and more work is
needed in this area. Clearly, the recalled experience

surrounding death now merits further genuine
investigation without prejudice.?
Further studies are also needed to explore whether
awareness (explicit or implicit) may lead to long term
adverse psychological outcomes including
post-traumatic stress disorder.
Dr Jerry Nolan, Editor-in-Chief of Resuscitation, stated:
?The AWARE study researchers are to be congratulated
on the completion of a fascinating study that will open
the door to more extensive research into what happens
when we die.?

significant, since it has often been assumed that experiences
in relation to death are likely hallucinations or illusions,
occurring either before the heart stops or after the heart has
been successfully restarted, but not an experience
corresponding with ?real?events when the heart isn?t beating.

Not e From Edit or: What is even more f ascinat ing is t hat
t his st udy does NOT verif y t hat consciousness ends
upon deat h. The medical f iel d are act ual l y proving t hat
Consciousness cont inues by virt ue of t he 11% who did
have experiences. Int erest ing! - Jewel s

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