Does Paranormal Perception Occur in Near-Death Experiences?
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67 ... o4-203.pdf
The paper gets into all sorts of purported evidence including evidence by Greyson and Parnia.ABSTRACT: While most near-death researchers have disregarded reports of
near-death experiences (NDEs) with hallucinatory features, many have
sought cases of veridical paranormal perception during NDEs. But despite
more than a quarter century of near-death studies, no compelling evidence
that NDErs can obtain information from remote locations during their NDEs
has been forthcoming. This paper, Part I of a critique of survivalist
interpretations of NDEs, reviews the quality of the evidence for veridical
observations during NDEs, and finds the case for veridical paranormal
perception during NDEs wanting.
Here are some selected quotes:
Following Zaleski, Fox also wondered to what extent people other
than the NDEr play a part in composing an NDE report. Both noted,
for example, Moody's concession that he sometimes used leading
questions when interviewing respondents for his 1975 Life After Life
(Fox, 2003; Zaleski, 1987). Zaleski also pointed out that after urging
his respondents to speak freely, Kenneth Ring would ask specific
questions about whether his subjects encountered features of Moody's
model of the NDE, such as: "[W]ere you ever aware of seeing your
physical body?" or "Did you at any time experience a light, glow, or
illumination?" (Zaleski, 1987, pp. 105-106). After Sabom allowed his
patients to speak freely, he would also "delve for the elements
described in Life After Life" (Zaleski, 1987, p. 109). One wonders how
much similarity would have been found between individual NDE
accounts in the West had these early researchers simply asked their
respondents to speak freely about their experiences without steering
them in a particular direction by probing for Moody's elements.
Rodabough explained how unintentional interviewer feedback can
contaminate NDE reports:
If the resuscitated person gives a partially accurate account of some
event taking place while he was "out," the questioner may un
intentionally give information which the resuscitated person un
knowingly fits into his story. To some degree, we can visualize what
we are told and not be sure which occurred first. ... This is likely to
occur if the questioner wants to hear things a particular way and
nonverbally reinforces the respondent when he hears what he wants.
The high enthusiasm of the interviewer may unwittingly entice the
respondents to embellish their experiences, and low enthusiasm may
influence respondents to remain silent about puzzling or unusual
experiences. (Rodabough, 1985, pp. 109-110)
And the conclusion:
If past experience is any guide at all, NDE
veridicality research is no more likely to overthrow our current scientific
understanding of humanity's place in the universe. In the meantime, at any
rate, existing veridicality research presents no challenge to the current
scientific understanding of near-death experiences as hallucinations.