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Near-Death Experiences in patients with locked-in syndrome: Not always a blissful journey
Charland-Verville, Vanessa; Lugo, Zulay; Jourdan, Jean-Pierre et al.
2015In Consciousness and Cognition, 34, p. 28-32
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Keywords :
near-death experience; locked-in syndrome; brainstem lesions; coma; memory; emotions
Abstract :
[en] Memories of Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) most often are recounted as emotionally positive events. At present, no satisfactory explanatory model exists to fully account for the rich phenomenology of NDEs following a severe acute brain injury. The particular population of patients with locked-in syndrome (LIS) provides a unique opportunity to study NDEs following infratentorial brain lesions. We here retrospectively characterized the content of NDEs in 8 patients with LIS caused by an acute brainstem lesion (i.e., ‘‘LIS NDEs’’) and 23 NDE experiencers after coma with supratentorial lesions (i.e., ‘‘classical NDEs’’). Compared to ‘‘classical NDEs’’, ‘‘LIS NDEs’’ less frequently experienced a feeling of peacefulness or well-being. It could be hypothesized that NDEs containing less positive emotions might have a specific neuroanatomical substrate related to impaired pontine/paralimbic connectivity or alternatively might be related to the emotional distress caused by the presence of conscious awareness in a paralyzed body.
Research Center/Unit :
GIGA CRC (Cyclotron Research Center) In vivo Imaging-Aging & Memory - ULiège
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Charland-Verville, Vanessa ;  Université de Liège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Lugo, Zulay;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du Cyclotron
Jourdan, Jean-Pierre;  International Association For Near Death Studies
Donneau, Anne-Françoise ;  Université de Liège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Santé publique : aspects spécifiques
Laureys, Steven  ;  Université de Liège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Language :
English
Title :
Near-Death Experiences in patients with locked-in syndrome: Not always a blissful journey
Publication date :
30 March 2015
Journal title :
Consciousness and Cognition
ISSN :
1053-8100
eISSN :
1090-2376
Publisher :
Academic Press, San Diego, United States - California
Volume :
34
Pages :
28-32
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique
DG RDT - Commission Européenne. Direction Générale de la Recherche et de l'Innovation
JSMF - James S McDonnell Foundation
Fondation Mind Science
French Speaking Community Concerted Research Action
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