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Posted: 4/13/2022 5:21:48 PM EDT
https://hyperallergic.com/720694/science-confirms-that-life-flashes-before-the-eyes-upon-death/

When an 87-year-old epilepsy patient unexpectedly passed away during a brain scan, the scan found that his brain seemed to replay memories in the 30 seconds before and after his heart stopped beating, according to a recent study published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.

The patient, whose name was kept private, suffered a heart attack, and due to his do-not-resuscitate status, the scientists were able to track his brain waves throughout the final moments of his life. The scan was conducted by an international team of 13 neuroscientists led by Raul Vicente of the University of Tartu in Estonia.

The scientists were originally conducting electroencephalography (EEG) scans on the patient to detect and treat seizures. When he unexpectedly died, the EEG machine kept running, providing the scientists a first-of-its-kind glimpse into the brain activity of a dying human.

“This is why it’s so rare, because you can’t plan this,” Ajmal Zemmar, one of the co-authors of the study, told Insider. “No healthy human is gonna go and have an EEG before they die, and in no sick patient are we going to know when they’re gonna die to record these signals.”

The EEG brain scan found an oscillatory brain wave pattern in which activity in the brain’s alpha, beta, and theta bands relatively decreased and activity in the gamma band relatively increased. It’s thought that these oscillatory patterns, and an increase in gamma waves, suggest memory recall (the gamma band decreases external interference, allowing for deep inward concentration like recalling memories). Similar brain oscillations occur during meditation and dreaming.

This is the first time this has been proven in a human, although the concept looms large in our collective imagination. It comes back to us from people who have experienced near-death experiences, defined as when the brain has transitioned into preparing for death. Research into these experiences has reported intense memory recall and a panoramic review of one’s life. They have also reported a hallucinatory and meditative state and a sense of transcendence and bliss. These accounts cross cultures and religions.
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Kind of fascinating.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:23:08 PM EDT
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So I have to live through this again?
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:23:49 PM EDT
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Who says you arent living in the flash right now?
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:24:25 PM EDT
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I drowned when I was 5.  Almost died, and I remember my life flashing even at 5 years old.  I don’t remember what I saw, but I remember the experience.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:25:52 PM EDT
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I wonder if you can have your life flash before you if you are vaporized instantaneously, like in a nuclear blast.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:26:04 PM EDT
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I had a patient die on the OR table many years ago.

That patient was wearing a two lead EEG called a BIS monitor.

We took the time to clean the patient up after pronunciation of death, and I kept that brain wave monitor on for probably 25 minutes.

There was still brain activity for at least 25 minutes after death, when I removed the monitor.  

Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:26:47 PM EDT
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LOL that have no fucking clue what he saw.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:26:57 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:29:23 PM EDT
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I would probably end up thinking about work and die pissed off.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:40:37 PM EDT
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I would do the same thing and I retired last year, still hate the way I was treated.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:43:51 PM EDT
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I had a patient die on the OR table many years ago.

That patient was wearing a two lead EEG called a BIS monitor.

We took the time to clean the patient up after pronunciation of death, and I kept that brain wave monitor on for probably 25 minutes.

There was still brain activity for at least 25 minutes after death, when I removed the monitor.  

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That’s almost troubling to think about.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:49:09 PM EDT
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Avg GDer will see about 8700 hours of pr0n flash before their eyes, die with weirdest boner
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:51:25 PM EDT
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I would totally sign up for that
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:53:43 PM EDT
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Probably bigfoot.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:54:56 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:59:34 PM EDT
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So, I have to go through this shit again.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 5:59:50 PM EDT
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I still have dreams about working in my previous career field from 9 years ago. I always wake up mad.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:09:44 PM EDT
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Can I get it on Blu-ray?
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:11:28 PM EDT
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Speculation is that your brain floods with intercellular DMT and thanks to time dilation those last minutes of brain death feel like eternity.

Then on to whatever comes next I guess.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:12:07 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:12:12 PM EDT
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Sorry. It's only available on taped over VHS without a tracking button,
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:13:03 PM EDT
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Guy at the range coded on the table… he didn’t see shit. Just black. I’m sure it’s different for everyone.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:13:14 PM EDT
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That patient was wearing a two lead EEG called a BIS monitor.

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There was still brain activity for at least 25 minutes after death, when I removed the monitor.  

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Fascinating and terrifying at the same time.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:14:12 PM EDT
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Wow.  I wonder what it was?
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:14:31 PM EDT
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I can't imagine how.  You'd go from normal to nonexistent instantly.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:14:42 PM EDT
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Ahh Good ol’ DMT being released.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:15:20 PM EDT
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That patient was wearing a two lead EEG called a BIS monitor.

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There was still brain activity for at least 25 minutes after death, when I removed the monitor.  

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That's wild. I think there's a shitload about humans and our brains and our connection to the spiritual realm or alternative universe, that we don't know much if anything about
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Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:17:23 PM EDT
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Fuck that. I drink to forget.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:17:25 PM EDT
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When you get to the end of the flash, do you relive your life flashing before your eyes?  If so, we're all immortal thanks to a recursive function call.  
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:19:28 PM EDT
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Just a matter of time when we figure out how download the information
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:20:06 PM EDT
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Wait... a DNR applies to having a heart attack...
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:22:03 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:23:40 PM EDT
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If you accept the premise -

What would be the evolutionary advantage of that?

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Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:24:53 PM EDT
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I died before and that’s not true. Stopped breathing and no pulse. Fade to black, no bs.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:25:08 PM EDT
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Worst case of rigor mortis ever
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:25:12 PM EDT
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Sad my life flash wont last 30 seconds
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:28:54 PM EDT
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A fantastic movie that doesn't get enough attention.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:34:51 PM EDT
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And the coffin will be lined with the original shag carpet from the basement.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:36:37 PM EDT
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Did I leave the coffee pot on at home? I think I left the coffee pot on at...eeeeeeeeeeeee....
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:41:20 PM EDT
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This is why it’s so rare, because you can’t plan this,”  
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actually, you can. why isnt there a program to offer death row inmates the opportunity to participate in studies like this?

hey dead man walking, let us do this when you get put down and we'll pay $x to whoever you like

Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:42:24 PM EDT
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perhaps that isnt everyone's experience.
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To answer that question you'd have to know what
happens after death.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:45:21 PM EDT
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Heard one theory that it’s your brain realizing “oh crap, we’re about to die” and it is shuffling through the memories of your life experiences to try and find a solution to staying alive.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:45:31 PM EDT
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My uncle was brought back after a heart attack. We asked him if he saw anything. Bright light,tunnel, life memories
He’s was like no,just blackness.
My aunt tried to make a joke about that probably not being a good sign on where he may have been heading and he was just like yeah, maybe kind of quiet like.


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Curious as to how you know that.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:48:43 PM EDT
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My uncle was brought back after a heart attack. We asked him if he saw anything. Bright light,tunnel, life memories
He’s was like no,just blackness.
My aunt tried to make a joke about that probably not being a good sign on where he may have been heading and he was just like yeah, maybe kind of quiet like.


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I died before and that’s not true. Stopped breathing and no pulse. Fade to black, no bs.

My uncle was brought back after a heart attack. We asked him if he saw anything. Bright light,tunnel, life memories
He’s was like no,just blackness.
My aunt tried to make a joke about that probably not being a good sign on where he may have been heading and he was just like yeah, maybe kind of quiet like.








He was headed to pay Charon to cross the river Styx!
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:48:50 PM EDT
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But therein lies the rub, by definition, you didn't die because here you are.
Link Posted: 4/13/2022 6:52:03 PM EDT
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When I was in ICU for a few months, I had instances where I felt like I lived out entire lifetimes.  It happened when I was given medicine, passed out during pain, etc.
Not the same thing obviously but probably similar.

It felt like Inception.  It was terrifying to come out of those.
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