Near-death experiences are 'electrical surge in dying brain'

A surge of electrical activity in the brain could be responsible for the vivid experiences described by near-death survivors, scientists report.The lead author of the study, Dr Jimo Borjigin, of the University of Michigan, said: "A lot of people thought that the brain after clinical death was inactive or hypoactive, with less activity than the waking state, and we show that is definitely not the case. (Read more)