| Literature DB >> 28693813 |
Charlotte Martial1, Vanessa Charland-Verville2, Héléna Cassol2, Vincent Didone3, Martial Van Der Linden4, Steven Laureys5.
Abstract
Memories of Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) seem to be very detailed and stable over time. At present, there is still no satisfactory explanation for the NDEs' rich phenomenology. Here we compared phenomenological characteristics of NDE memories with the reported experience's intensity. We included 152 individuals with a self-reported "classical" NDE (i.e. occurring in life-threatening conditions). All participants completed a mailed questionnaire that included a measure of phenomenological characteristics of memories (the Memory Characteristics Questionnaire; MCQ) and a measure of NDE's intensity (the Greyson NDE scale). Greyson NDE scale total score was positively correlated with MCQ total score, suggesting that participants who described more intense NDEs also reported more phenomenological memory characteristics of NDE. Using MCQ items, our study also showed that NDE's intensity is associated in particular with sensory details, personal importance and reactivation frequency variables.Entities:
Keywords: Greyson NDE scale; Intensity; Memory; Memory Characteristics Questionnaire; Near-death experience; Phenomenological characteristics
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28693813 DOI： 10.1016/j.concog.2017.06.018
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Conscious Cogn ISSN： 1053-8100