Veridical Perception in Near-Death Experiences
January 1, 2009 Janice Miner Holden 111 citations
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Janice Miner Holden
4 papers in the library · 264 citations · publishing 2009-2025
Papers
Aftereffects of Pleasurable Western Adult Near-Death Experiences
January 1, 2009 Russell Noyes, Peter Fenwick, Janice Miner Holden et al. 103 citations
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‘There is nothing paranormal about near-death experiences’ revisited: comment on Mobbs and Watt
Trends in Cognitive Sciences August 3, 2012 Bruce Greyson, Janice Miner Holden, Pim van Lommel 47 citations
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The veridical Near-Death Experience Scale: construction and a first validation with human and artificial raters
Frontiers in Psychology October 16, 2025 Bruce Greyson, Jeffrey D. Long, Janice Miner Holden et al. 3 citations
A new scale, the veridical Near-Death Experience Scale (vNDE Scale), was developed to assess how strong the evidence is for perceptions reported during near-death experiences. Thirteen experts used a Delphi method to agree on eight criteria, including timing of investigation, medical conditions, third-party verification, and the number and quality of perceptions, scored on a four-level Likert scale. The scale was then tested on 17 cases of potentially veridical NDEs by 11 human raters and three artificial raters using large language models. In 14 of the 17 cases (82.3%), human and artificial raters agreed at over 75% when considering two adjacent evidence levels, such as moderate plus strong or low plus very low. The scale offers a practical way to evaluate the evidential strength of reported NDE perceptions.