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Originally Posted by P_Synthesis  Made this point on the page itself, but should ask here because you are all more familiar with the research than I. Is there in fact any evidence that NDE patients are undergoing greater fight-or-flight stimulation than non-NDEs?
Alex is saying that greater accuracy of resuscitation recall from NDE = better factual awareness, but the interviewee pointed out greater bloodflow to the brain -- and other physiology, which interestingly would be measurable, eg. adrenaline or cortisol levels. Is there any info, or what does the literature suggest more generally about stress level in NDE patients? Is there a correlation there? Just curious... |
I don't really understood what the significance of the flight or fight response was but adrenaline is commonly given during cardiac arrest. So assume it to be quite high usually.
There was a study or 2 where blood samples were taken but IIRC only analyzed for oxygenation.
BTW, you'll like this, it isn't NDEers who had better recall but only
OBEers.
Don't take the result too seriously, though. It is based on a comparison of only 2 OBEers with 37 non-OBEers (NDEers and non-recallers combined). 2 is a rather small sample.
Also the methodology may have been lacking but I don't have access to the actual paper. This summary makes it seem to have been a subjective impression by Sartori.
When contrasted with the control group, who had undergone resuscitation but did not report an OBE, many discrepancies were discovered. Having been asked to re-enact their resuscitation, the control group’s reports were very inaccurate and demonstrated misconceptions and errors between the actual procedures performed, as well as equipment used. Many of these patients either had no idea as to how they had been resuscitated or made guesses, based on what they had previously seen on television. iands.org - Penny Sartori, PhD: Prospective Study