Woerlee, G. M. (2010). Response to “Corroboration of the Dentures Anecdote Involving Veridical Perception in a Near-Death Experience” Journal of Near-Death Studies, 28(4) 181-191.

Abstract: In this article, I address some of what I consider the inaccuracies and false assumptions in a recent article in this Journal entitled “Corroboration of the Dentures Anecdote Involving Veridical Perception in a Near-Death Experience” (Smit, 2008). I provide a medical explanation of how it was possible for the man reporting this remarkable NDE to have survived his period of cardiac arrest and how it was possible for him to have undergone an NDE. More importantly, I discuss how it was possible for this man to have undergone the truly unusual perceptions of feeling pain in his chest due to cardiac massage at the same time as his consciousness was displaced out of his body during an out-of-body experience.

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Topics:
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Vision
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Mental Processes and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs

Woerlee, G. M. (2011). Could Pam Reynolds Hear? A New Investigation into this Famous Near-Death Experience Journal of Near-Death Studies, 30(1) 3-25.

Abstract: The well-known Pam Reynolds near-death experience (NDE) occurred at the Barrow Neurological Institute during a medically well-documented period, which is why many people regard it as proof of the reality of a separable immaterial conscious mind. In this article, I use information from related publications from the Barrow to fill in lacunae in the published medical documentation of this apparently amazing NDE. Furthermore, I present the case that the four veridical auditory perceptions Reynolds reported can be explained by her ability to hear during periods of conscious awareness while under the influence of the combination of drugs employed to provide general anesthesia during the operation on her giant basilar artery aneurysm.

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Topics:
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological NOS
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Mental Processes and NDEs
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Science and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs

Woerlee, G. M. (2011). Rejoinder to Responses to "Could Pam Reynolds Hear?" Journal of Near-Death Studies, 30(1) 54-61.

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In this article I provide a rejoinder to Stuart Hameroff’s and Chris Carter’s responses to my article, “Could Pam Reynolds Hear?” (2011, this issue). I address some specifics of anesthesiology and neurosurgical technique to maintain my contention that Reynolds could hear through normal physical processes during her near-death experience.

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Link: http://www.iands.org

Topics:
Altered States and NDEs
Characteristics of NDErs—Gender
Characteristics of NDEs—Autoscopy, Out-of-Body
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Hearing
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound, Music
Characteristics of NDEs—Sensory, Sound NOS
Circumstances of NDEs—Consciousness and Unconsciousness
Circumstances of NDEs—Hospital
Circumstances of NDEs—Illness
Explanations of NDEs—Physiological, Neurological, Brain
Health Care Professionals and NDEs—Medical
Mental Processes and NDEs
Psychopharmacology and NDEs—Anesthesia
Science and NDEs
Veridical Perception during NDEs