Culture, Biology, and the Near-Death Experience: A Reappraisal
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease March 1, 1993 Allan Kellehear 60 citations
Life review and tunnel sensation, often reported in near-death experiences, are not universal but are largely limited to societies where historic religions are dominant. This suggests that biological theories proposed for these phenomena may be premature. Instead, social and historical explanations better account for the available evidence.