Consciousness after death.

The possibility of consciousness after death has fascinated human beings for millennia. For most of that time, the experiences of people on the brink of death were interpreted in mystical or religious terms. However, since the 1970s, scientists have studied near-death experiences (NDEs) to discover how the body and brain function in the last moments of life. Although they have not reached a definitive conclusion on the subject, they have found several common experiences that most people report after being revived from an NDE. Among them are a feeling of peacefulness, a feeling of leaving the body, a period of heightened awareness, and visions of a bright light at the end of a tunnel.