A group of specialists from the UK, representing the University of Southampton, have come to the conclusion that sometimes even after a person is declared dead, he continues to think. According to scientists, the existence of "life after death" is evidenced by the results of their study with the participation of 2060 people.
The people the scientists spoke to had cardiac arrest and clinical death in the past. It is generally accepted that half a minute after the heart stops beating, the activity of its brain completely stops, which means that a person cannot think.
However, some of the respondents said that they continued to be aware of what was happening around them for a longer time - up to three minutes after their clinical death was announced, reports Express.
One of the participants, who is 57 years old, even managed to describe what was happening with almost frightening accuracy, scientists say. According to experts, the story of this person suggests that the memories of people who survived clinical death are genuine - they are still most often attributed to illusions or hallucinations experienced before the cardiac arrest or shortly after its restart.
Also, many study participants reported that they remember the feeling of fear that followed them even after cardiac arrest. The researchers do not exclude that in fact there could be even more people who felt or perceived something after clinical death than their survey showed, however, due to the effects of various medications or minor brain damage, not everyone was able to retain memories of this.
According to experts, their research indicates that death is a more "extended" in time, and therefore more reversible process than previously thought.