Postmortem communication.

Brain activity Communication Near death experience Postmortem

Journal

Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften

ISSN: 1611-7530

Titre abrégé: Theory Biosci

Pays: Germany

ID NLM: 9708216

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
03 Aug 2024

Historique:

received: 20 04 2023

accepted: 27 07 2024

medline: 4 8 2024

pubmed: 4 8 2024

entrez: 3 8 2024

Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The phenomenon of near death and dying experiences has been both of popular interest and of scientific speculation. However, the reality of mental perception at the point of death is currently a subjective experience and has not been formally evaluated. While postmortem gene expression, even in humans, has been evaluated, restoration of postmortem brain activity has heretofore only been attempted in animal models, at the molecular and cellular levels. Meanwhile, progress has been made to translate brain activity of living humans into speech and images. This paper proposes two inter-related thought experiments. First, assuming progress and refinement of the technology of translating human brain activity into interpretable speech and images, can an objective analysis of death experiences be obtained by utilizing these technologies on dying humans? Second, can human brain function be revived postmortem and, if so, can the relevant technologies be utilized for communication with (recently) deceased individuals? In this paper, these questions are considered and possible implications explored.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1007/s12064-024-00423-6 PMID: 39096453

pubmed: 39096453

doi: 10.1007/s12064-024-00423-6

pii: 10.1007/s12064-024-00423-6

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Types de publication

Letter

Langues

eng

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