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TIL researchers recorded the brain waves of a dying person, they showed patterns similar to those occurring during memory recall.

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Neuroscientists have recorded the activity of a dying human brain and discovered rhythmic brain wave patterns around the time of death that are similar to those occurring during dreaming, memory recall, and meditation. Now, a study published to Frontiers brings new insight into a possible organizational role of the brain during death and suggests an explanation for vivid life recall in near-death experiences.

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So we could say that when people die, they experience a...
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Total Recall
YEEEEAAAHHH!!!
- I read that like it was the intro to CSI Miami
- The article does not say that this is the first time ever that someone has died while on EEG, but that this is the first time that someone has died while on EEG with a high-density electrode array that allows for a detailed analysis of the brain waves. The article also acknowledges that there have been previous reports of EEG recordings of dying patients, but they were either limited by low spatial resolution, short duration, or lack of behavioral data. The article claims that this is the first study to provide a comprehensive and multimodal description of the brain activity and behavior of a dying person.
  
  Might be an interesting way to die. If you are in hospice agree to be hooked up and have them scan your final moments. Maybe something useful in terms of medical science comes out of it. Also I love sci-fi so I firmly believe if this happens future people can and will bring me back to solve a problem only I can solve and I will have a street smart tough as nails super cop sidekick.
- … could it be the first time ever this has been analyzed intentionally?
  
  Doubtful. People have been dying for a long time. Non-dying people have always wanted to know what dying is like, so I'm sure there have been countless attempts at gathering measurable data of those in their last moments of life.
I read this on the internet (maybe erowid? Lol) forever ago so who knows: but I heard your brain releases dumb amounts of DMT right as you die, which is also a chemical your brain elicits while dreaming
- Think I heard about this as well. It has to do with oxygen delivery or something. Your brain is running low on oxygen so it releases a chemical that brings it more and that chemical breaks down into DMT.
  Does anyone in the bio field here know about this?
So they see their life flashing before them?
- Sounds like it:
  “Through generating oscillations involved in memory retrieval, the brain may be playing a last recall of important life events just before we die, similar to the ones reported in near-death experiences,” Zemmar speculated.
  
  Perhaps the brain - in a last attempt to save its life - searches every situation that it has ever experienced to try to find survival tips.
  
  I can certainly see this as evolutionarily beneficial. When you're on the verge of dying and you suddenly have a recall of a lot of your experiences in life it may lead to you being able to survive.
- I guess I won't since I have SDAM.
  
  I can't believe I haven't heard of that before! I thought my memory was just ordinarily bad, but reading about it I definitely have that.
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- Heart attack scene from Brainstorm
  VR "sex" scene from Demolition Man.
  
  VR "sex" scene from Lawnmower Man

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YEEEEAAAHHH!!!