Tag: Rachel Nuwer

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 17, 2024

Categorized
Near-Death Experiences

Tagged
Featured, Rachel Nuwer, Sam Parnia on NDEs}

Once Again: Near-Death Experiences as Possum Tales

_{In the recent Scientific American article, we learn once again that NDEs evolved as a human way of “playing dead”} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 17, 2024

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Near-Death Experiences}

Hypotheses based on evolution sometimes proceed without establishing basic evidence, for example, whether thanatosis is even common in humans.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 17, 2024

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Near-Death Experiences, Science

Tagged
Rachel Nuwer, Sam Parnia, Sam Parnia on NDEs}

Scientific American: Near-Death Experiences Compared To Drug Trip

_{Now that NDEs are accepted as a clinical fact, more effort is underway to account for them as part of physical nature, like hallucinogenic chemicals} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 17, 2024

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Medicine and Health, Near-Death Experiences, Science}

There are significant differences between NDEs and drug trips, as psychologist Steve Taylor notes.

Closeup portrait of cute baby chimpanzee dressed in blue wool jacket. Generative AI.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 16, 2023

Categorized
Animal mind, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Rachel Nuwer}

Psychology: When a Child and a Chimp Were Raised Together…

_{When their son was ten months old, a psychologist couple decided to raise him alongside a baby female chimpanzee, for research purposes} _{Denyse O'Leary
October 16, 2023

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Animal mind, Philosophy of Mind}

It ended sadly. No one has ever been able to give chimpanzees human minds — the real goal all along, surely — because the human mind is not a material thing.

Doctor Defibrillating Critical Patient In Hospital

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 17, 2023

Categorized
Media, Medicine and Health, Peer Review, Philosophy of Mind, Science

Tagged
Brain death (reversibility), Near-death experiences, Near-death experiences (and cardiology), Organ harvesting, Rachel Nuwer, Sam Parnia}

Near-Death Experience Study: Brain Is Active After Death

_{Science media are making surprisingly few efforts to attack or explain away the team’s findings} _{Denyse O'Leary
September 17, 2023

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Media, Medicine and Health, Peer Review, Philosophy of Mind, Science}

In their Discussion, the authors conclude, “The recalled experience surrounding death now merits further genuine empirical investigation without prejudice.”