Neuroscientists have recorded the activity of a dying human brain and discovered rhythmic brain wave patterns around the time of death that are similar to those occurring during dreaming, memory recall, and meditation. Now, a study published to Frontiers brings new insight into a possible organizational role of the brain during death and suggests an explanation for vivid life recall in near-death experiences.

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    10 months ago

    So we could say that when people die, they experience a…

    *Puts On Sunglasses*

    Total Recall

    YEEEEAAAHHH!!!

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    10 months ago

    I read this on the internet (maybe erowid? Lol) forever ago so who knows: but I heard your brain releases dumb amounts of DMT right as you die, which is also a chemical your brain elicits while dreaming

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      Think I heard about this as well. It has to do with oxygen delivery or something. Your brain is running low on oxygen so it releases a chemical that brings it more and that chemical breaks down into DMT.

      Does anyone in the bio field here know about this?

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      Sounds like it:

      “Through generating oscillations involved in memory retrieval, the brain may be playing a last recall of important life events just before we die, similar to the ones reported in near-death experiences,” Zemmar speculated.

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        10 months ago

        Perhaps the brain - in a last attempt to save its life - searches every situation that it has ever experienced to try to find survival tips.

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            Maybe it’s making a final upload to the cloud.

            Maybe they’re highlights on the game over screen.

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              10 months ago

              It’s the credits screen.

              YOUR LIFE

              Written and directed by George Lucas

              Etc etc you get it

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          I was caught in a rip current, in close to zero Celsius salt water, with significant waves as a teenager. My wetsuit was inadequate, to say the least, and my surfboard was lost because the leash failed (think of it as a flotation device).

          I was sure I was going to die. I didn’t. But, yeah, every single second of my life was screaming through my brain while I pleaded with any force in the universe to save me.

          I eventually got control of my breathing and swam across the rip and let the waves take me in. I was cold for a long time.

          That was my first time surfing. Wasn’t my last but I learned a lot that day.

          The that took me there and loaned me the gear didn’t even go in the water (said he was right behind me).

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        10 months ago

        I can certainly see this as evolutionarily beneficial. When you’re on the verge of dying and you suddenly have a recall of a lot of your experiences in life it may lead to you being able to survive.

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        10 months ago

        I can’t believe I haven’t heard of that before! I thought my memory was just ordinarily bad, but reading about it I definitely have that.