Mapping Near-Death Experiences

What the Drawings Capture

Fifty volunteers reconstructed 112 parts of their experiences. Of those, 108 fell into the four categories analysed. The median time since the experience was 15.1 years. Participants used a catalogue of shapes in guided, unrecorded sessions. The researcher knew the hypotheses and the finished drawings had no independent second rater. With no comparison group, it remains open whether the association is specific to near-death experiences.

Scene Counts and Sensitivity

The participant-clustered model used data from 47 people. For category B relative to A, the reported odds ratio for colour was 18.4 (bias-corrected 95% confidence interval 3.45–98.50). Comparisons of A with C1–C4 and C5 were sensitive to the analysis method.

AkashicNET recalculated the aggregate result from the published four-category table (χ² = 26.61 and Cramér’s V = 0.496). We checked the clustered result against the paper’s reported analysis. A participant-level rerun and independent replication remain open. Main Paper · Results

Compare Written Accounts, DMT and Clinical Studies

• Written narratives. Martial and colleagues analysed 154 accounts. Several features recurred, while even the most common sequence occurred in only a small subset. Their method followed the order of features in written reports. Primary Paper · ScienceAlert Coverage
• DMT comparison. Michael, Luke and Robinson found shared themes such as bright light and encounters alongside differences in life reviews and complex geometric imagery. The study compares reported content across cohorts. Primary Paper · ScienceAlert Coverage · N2N Figures and Discussion
• Resuscitation. AWARE II recorded 567 in-hospital arrests, 53 survivors and 28 completed interviews. The primary abstract reports zero visual target identifications and one auditory identification. ScienceAlert describes the auditory finding differently. Target exposure and the timing of recall formation remain open. Primary Paper · ScienceAlert Coverage · HIERATIC017
• Physiology near death. Xu and colleagues reported gamma activity surges in two of four comatose patients after ventilatory support was withdrawn. None survived to report an experience, leaving the relationship between the signals and subjective experience open. Primary Paper · ScienceAlert Coverage · N2N · Dying-Brain Review

News coverage and community discussion can lead to the same study. The source trail preserves their separate roles. N2N · Bruce Greyson Overview · N2N · Death Is Not the End? Source Discussion