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What is the nature of consciousness? What happens to it at the brink of death and beyond? In what ways can the scientific study of near-death experiences and the medicinal use of psychedelic compounds boost our understanding of the human condition and our ability to ease emotional suffering?
An increase in a certain kind of high-frequency wave in dying brains might be associated with last-minute conscious experiences, but scientists don t know for sure.