Making Sense of Near-Death Experience Research: Circumstance Specific Alterations of Consciousness

The growing body of research on near-death experiences (NDEs) is an indication of the large number of people claiming such experiences. A surprising feature of the research is that conceptually there is no agreement on what an NDE is and consequently a large number of definitions characterize this f...

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Published in:Anthropology of consciousness
Main Author: Craffert, Pieter F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: American Anthropological Association [2019]
In: Anthropology of consciousness
Year: 2019, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 64-89
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Near-death-experience / Consciousness expansion
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B NDE research
B definitions of NDEs
B Near-death experiences
B alteration of consciousness
B survivalist hypothesis
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