Evidence / Question & answer

Can brain activity or drugs contribute?

Physiological, psychological, and pharmacological explanations deserve serious examination. Neural activity around dying is relevant to possible mechanisms, but a brain signal alone does not reveal the contents of a person’s reported experience.

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Context and limits

The NEPTUNE model proposes an explanatory framework; it is not a settled explanation of every case. Read the model with its published critique and reply. Alternative explanations should be tested rather than dismissed for being unwelcome or accepted simply because they are naturalistic.

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