Study maps near-death experiences, finds geometry linked to color
Researchers asked 50 people to sketch the spaces they saw while dying, discovering four recurring shapes with a startling color pattern.
What to know
- Researchers asked 50 near-death survivors to map the spaces they experienced, uncovering four recurring geometric forms.
- A striking pattern emerged: colorless tunnels dominated while color-filled archways were the norm, suggesting sensory-spatial correlation.
- The findings indicate near-death experiences may follow predictable brain-related rules rather than being purely random or mystical.
Personal experiences align with the study's patterns and suggest something genuinely significant happens at the boundary of death.
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“When my Dad was at the beginning of the end, before he let me take him to emergency, he experienced this exactly. He described the feelings of bliss and said he was in a subway tunnel headed for the light.”
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These experiences may be dreamlike phenomena linked to normal neurological processes rather than evidence of something extraordinary.
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“Suddenly curious if any of you who experienced nothing, do you remember your dreams normally? Would it be typical for you to wake up on a regular morning and feel like the light switch had been flipped off and on, or does the experience…”
ArdatYakshiApologist · Reddit ↗
Subjective memory and belief can distort perception; similar patterns emerge even in phenomena proven false.
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“Sure. People still believe in a flat Earth, even though it's been proven wrong several times over.”
VectorJones · Reddit ↗
“Although researchers have identified recurring features, such as tunnels, lights, and out-of-body sensations, comparatively little attention has been paid to the spatial structure of these experiences – or how people perceive themselves moving through them.”
ScienceAlert · ScienceAlert ↗
France Lerner Neurophenomenology researcher, University of Haifa
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“The geometry of those spaces appeared to be linked to the colors people recalled seeing.”
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Suddenly curious if any of you who experienced nothing, do you remember your dreams normally? Would it be typical for you to wake up on a regular morning and feel like the light switch had been flipped off and on, or does the experience stand out because it was so abnormal to have not had a dream? I’m not sure if I’m articulating my thoughts…
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Near-Death Experiences Seem to Follow Strange Rules of Shape And Color, Study Reveals https://www. sciencealert.com/scientists-as ked-50-people-to-map-their-near-death-experiences-an-eerie-pattern-emerged?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Health @ health-ScienceAlert
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When my Dad was at the beginning of the end, before he let me take him to emergency, he experienced this exactly. He described the feelings of bliss and said he was in a subway tunnel headed for the light. And he was excited to go there. It scared the hell out of me. He lived another year or so before he passed, and didn’t remember the “dream”…
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Once proven does religion then not exist? It's a dangerous path to use religion as the god of gaps.
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Sure. People still believe in a flat Earth, even though it's been proven wrong several times over.
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I thing it goes beyond dreams.The big dream. Maybe we die and experience years of fading awareness in the minute after death then cease to exist. I'm not sure, but I know it was certainly remarkable.