title: Near-death experiences.
abstract: Reactions to claims of near-death experiences (NDE) range from the popular view that this must be evidence for life after death, to outright rejection of the experiences as, at best, drug induced hallucinations or, at worse, pure invention. Twenty years, and much research, later, it is clear that neither extreme is correct.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Blackmore
mesh_terms: D003643:Death; D004723:Endorphins / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology; D010268:Parapsychology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D013795:Thanatology
chemical_list: D004723:Endorphins