Scientific evidence suggesting that the saying 'the past life just before you die passes through your head like a lantern' may be true was discovered by chance. 



According to foreign media such as the BBC on the 23rd local time, researchers at the University of Louisville in the United States reported in the international academic journal 'Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience' the day before, "As a result of recording the brain activity of an 87-year-old patient who died, the memory before and after death was recorded. The recalled brain wave pattern was confirmed." 



At that time, an 87-year-old patient was admitted to the hospital emergency room due to cerebral hemorrhage following a fall.

The researchers detected the patient's epileptic seizures and performed EEG tests, which showed brain activity in the dying person as the patient died of a heart attack along the way. 



"This is the first documented case of a dying brain," said study co-author Dr Ajimal Gemma, a neurosurgeon at the University of Louisville.




Of the 15 minutes of brain activity recorded just before and after death, the researchers analyzed what happened 30 seconds before and after the heart stopped beating. 



As a result, 30 seconds before the heart stopped beating, the brain waves showed the same pattern as when a person was concentrating, dreaming, or recalling a memory.

This pattern lasted up to 30 seconds after the patient's heart stopped beating. 



"You seem to be reminiscing about the last few seconds of your life before you die," said Dr. Gemma. "You can't say you're only thinking about happy things because each person has different memorable moments. But from a philosophical point of view, the brain is It is more likely to relive the happy moments than the difficult moments.”   



However, the researchers pointed out that the patient's brain was swollen, and said that it was not possible to draw a definitive conclusion from a single study.



Although there is a limitation in that it is a case of one patient, a high level of EEG activity was reported up to 30 seconds after the heart stopped in a rat in a previous US experiment in 2013 on rats.  



"Discovery like this is what scientists live for," said Dr. Gemma. "The experience leading up to death is mysterious and spiritual. We hope that this study will open the door to other studies of the last moments of life." 



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