Martial Charlotte, Cassol Héléna, Antonopoulos Georgios, Charlier Thomas, Heros Julien, Donneau Anne-Françoise, Charland-Verville Vanessa, Laureys Steven
Coma Science Group, GIGA-Consciousness and Neurology Department, University of Liège and University Hospital of LiègeLiège, Belgium.
Biostatistics, Public Health Department, University of Liège and University Hospital of LiègeLiège, Belgium.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2017 Jun 13;11:311. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00311. eCollection 2017.
After an occurrence of a Near-Death Experience (NDE), Near-Death Experiencers (NDErs) usually report extremely rich and detailed narratives. Phenomenologically, a NDE can be described as a set of distinguishable features. Some authors have proposed regular patterns of NDEs, however, the actual temporality sequence of NDE core features remains a little explored area. The aim of the present study was to investigate the frequency distribution of these features (globally and according to the position of features in narratives) as well as the most frequently reported temporality sequences of features. We collected 154 French freely expressed written NDE narratives (i.e., Greyson NDE scale total score ≥ 7/32). A text analysis was conducted on all narratives in order to infer temporal ordering and frequency distribution of NDE features. Our analyses highlighted the following most frequently reported sequence of consecutive NDE features: Out-of-Body Experience, Experiencing a tunnel, Seeing a bright light, Feeling of peace. Yet, this sequence was encountered in a very limited number of NDErs. These findings may suggest that NDEs temporality sequences can vary across NDErs. Exploring associations and relationships among features encountered during NDEs may complete the rigorous definition and scientific comprehension of the phenomenon.
在濒死体验（NDE）发生后，有濒死体验者（NDErs）通常会讲述极为丰富且详细的经历。从现象学角度来看，濒死体验可以描述为一系列可区分的特征。一些作者提出了濒死体验的常见模式，然而，濒死体验核心特征的实际时间顺序仍是一个鲜少被探索的领域。本研究的目的是调查这些特征的频率分布（整体以及根据其在经历叙述中的位置）以及最常被报告的特征时间顺序。我们收集了154篇用法语自由表达的濒死体验书面叙述（即格雷森濒死体验量表总分≥7/32）。对所有叙述进行了文本分析，以推断濒死体验特征的时间顺序和频率分布。我们的分析突出了以下最常被报告的连续濒死体验特征序列：体外体验、经历隧道、看到亮光、平静感。然而，只有极少数有濒死体验者出现了这个序列。这些发现可能表明，濒死体验的时间顺序在不同的有濒死体验者之间可能会有所不同。探索濒死体验中所遇到的特征之间的关联和关系，可能会完善对这一现象的严格定义和科学理解。
