Woollacott Marjorie, Peyton Bettina
Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, United States.
Hospice and Palliative Medicine (Retired), New Hampshire, United States.
Explore (NY). 2021 May-Jun;17(3):213-219. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2020.03.005. Epub 2020 Mar 19.
Research exploring the nature of near-death experiences (NDEs) is extensive. There are a variety of hypothesized mechanisms proposed to explain the origin of the experiences, including hallucinations due to physiological changes in a dying brain. However, there is growing evidence that these theories cannot explain a number of the characteristics of NDEs. In this article we present a detailed and extensively verified case study of a physician, Bettina Peyton, who experienced an NDE during the birth of her third child when she was 32 years old. The data provide additional evidence that supports the hypotheses 1) that during NDEs individuals have sensory perceptual experiences that are not possible according to the materialist framework in which consciousness is solely produced by the activity of neurons in the brain, and 2) that NDEs lead to a fundamental change in their understanding of the nature of consciousness, and in the place of the sacred in their lives.
探索濒死体验（NDEs）本质的研究非常广泛。人们提出了各种假设机制来解释这些体验的起源，包括垂死大脑的生理变化导致的幻觉。然而，越来越多的证据表明，这些理论无法解释濒死体验的一些特征。在本文中，我们展示了一个详细且经过广泛验证的案例研究，对象是一位名叫贝蒂娜·佩顿的医生，她在32岁生下第三个孩子时经历了一次濒死体验。这些数据提供了更多证据，支持以下假设：1）在濒死体验中，个体具有物质主义框架（即意识仅由大脑中的神经元活动产生）所认为不可能的感官感知体验；2）濒死体验会导致个体对意识本质以及生活中神圣事物的理解发生根本性变化。
