New research suggests the brain may stay active moments after the heart stops, triggering life recall and calm sensations ...

Those who study near-death experiences are occasionally confronted with cases that resist straightforward interpretation. The broader phenomenon is well established: Millions of people worldwide have ...

Near-death experiences are one of the most puzzling phenomena in psychology. A near-death experience is when a person appears to be clinically ‘dead’ for a short period—when their heart stops beating, ...

The experience of seeing a tunnel of light during near-death experiences, often portrayed in movies and literature or shared in real-life anecdotes, is typically linked with glimpses of the afterlife.