Do we get a ‘film of life’ experience shortly before we die? After a man died during a brain scan, researchers may have found a first answer to that question.
For the first time, doctors have been able to document what happens to our brains after we die. That happened by chance. During epilepsy therapy, an 87-year-old man was given an EEG. This is an electroencephalography test that measures the electrical activity of the brain.
During the brain scan, however, the man suffered a heart attack and died. As a result, his brain activity during his death was ‘accidentally’ recorded. Doctors saw highly distinct brain waves in the 30 seconds before and after the man’s last heartbeat. Gamma oscillations are waves that are associated to reminiscing, meditation, and dreaming.
According to The Sun, the study was organized by Dr. Ajmal Zemmar, a neurosurgeon at the University of Louisville.
“The brain can play back a final memory of crucial life events soon before we die, similar to those reported in near-death experiences, by creating memory retrieval oscillations.”
The same phenomena, a’movie of life’ immediately before death, has previously been seen in rats, but not in people. Researchers stress that only one person was involved, and that the man’s brain was also impacted by epilepsy. As a result, more research is unquestionably required.