![]() ![]() *Sign up for our Daily Dose newsletter here. It is indescribably difficult to deliver the news of death to distraught family members,” he said, adding: “Something we may learn from this research is: although our loved ones have their eyes closed and are ready to leave us to rest, their brains may be replaying some of the nicest moments they experienced in their lives.” “As a neurosurgeon, I deal with loss at times. Zemmar continues to investigate more cases and sees the 2016 results as a source of hope. The only study that came close to demonstrating similar changes was a 2013 study in rats. Since 2016, he spent years looking for similar cases in the hopes it would strengthen their findings, but was unsuccessful. ![]() "I never felt comfortable reporting one case," he said. Zemmar told the BBC that people should be wary of drawing conclusions from one study. The notion of your life flashing before your eyes as you die has been a cultural expression for over a century, depicted in countless movies, books, and other works of fiction. The current findings, he said, challenge scientists’ understanding of when exactly life ends and generate important questions “such as those related to the timing of organ donation”. “Through generating oscillations involved in memory retrieval, the brain may be playing a last recall of important life events just before we die, similar to the ones reported in near-death experiences,” said Zemmar. I nearly drowned as a teenager and the memories came back almost photographically- Danielle Newnham February 23, 2022 ![]()
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