According to the researchers, one of the brain regions is responsible for the near-body experience, when a dying person seems to have left the body, or mystical visions, for example, meeting with angels or deceased loved ones.
Scientists have found an explanation for the so-called "near-death experiences" (NDE). In their opinion, one of the brain regions, the temporoparietal node, is responsible for the near-body experience, when a dying person seems to have left the body, or mystical visions, for example, meetings with angels or deceased loved ones, are responsible for one of the brain regions - the temporoparietal node, according to foreign media.
Stephen Laureis, a Belgian neurologist at the University of Liege, examined several hundred people who fell into a coma and observed increased activity in this area of the brain. At the same time, she remained active to one degree or another, even when the brain was turned off.
One of Laureis' patients, who was in a coma for some time, said that she met with her lover, who died several years ago. At the same time, the pilots examined by him, for example, said that they saw themselves from the side sitting in the cockpit of the aircraft during the flight.
Olaf Blanke, a Swiss neurologist at the Lausanne Institute of Technology, conducted an experiment on his patient with epilepsy, in which he tried to artificially stimulate the temporo-parietal node using electrodes. He managed to do it. During the experiment, the woman, she said, soared over her body and could observe herself from the side.
Compatriot Laureis from the University of Antwerp, Dirk de Ridder, also used electrodes to examine the brain of a patient who complained of tinnitus. During the research, he was able to leave his body for a while. At this time, the scientist registered the activity of the temporo-parietal node.
The dying brain is also able to excite the temporo-parietal node, scientists believe. Then the visual cortex receives information about the position of the body and mixes it with the visual picture received before the loss of consciousness. The processed information is projected onto the retina of the eye, they explained. A person who is in an unconscious state at this moment sees what is happening from the side.
The temporo-parietal node is located at the intersection of the temporal and parietal lobes of the cerebral cortex. It is responsible for collecting and processing information from the thalamus (visual, auditory and tactile signals), limbic (smell, emotions, memory, sleep) and somatosensory systems (including the position of the body in space). This area also plays a key role in the processes of consciousness and self-awareness.
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