THE “DYING BRAIN” THEORY OF SUSAN
BLACKMORE
British psychologist Susan Blackmore has outlined a “dying brain” theory of the NDE that combines aspects of several physiological and psychological theories. As described in her book Dying to Live, in essence it contains the following elements:
Feelings of peace and bliss caused by endorphins
Tunnel and light caused by anoxia
Life review caused by temporal lobe seizures, triggered by endorphins
Experience of being “out-of-body” due to a breakdown of body image and model of reality
Accurate perceptions of immediate environment during the NDE due to “prior knowledge, fantasy and lucky guesses and the remaining operating senses of hearing and touch”1
British psychologist Susan Blackmore has outlined a “dying brain” theory of the NDE that combines aspects of several physiological and psychological theories. As described in her book Dying to Live, in essence it contains the following elements:
Feelings of peace and bliss caused by endorphins
Tunnel and light caused by anoxia
Life review caused by temporal lobe seizures, triggered by endorphins
Experience of being “out-of-body” due to a breakdown of body image and model of reality
Accurate perceptions of immediate environment during the NDE due to “prior knowledge, fantasy and lucky guesses and the remaining operating senses of hearing and touch”1
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