Architecture of Near-Death Experience Spaces
bioRxiv Preprint Server October 17, 2025 France Lerner, Guillaume Tahar, Netta Shafir preprint
Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) often defy verbal description, so this study used a hybrid method: a digital questionnaire plus a graphic reconstruction task. Participants with Out-of-Body Experiences (OBEs) and NDEs sequenced their experiences chronologically, then drew the spaces they perceived, their self-location, and self-motion. The graphic reconstructions revealed consistent visual-field patterns—conical forms, elliptic arcs, and ellipsoidal shapes—each linked to specific colors and brightness. The approach captured features that verbal reports alone may miss, and it examined how OBEs relate to NDEs within the overall timeline.