Accidental Study Hints the Dying Brain May Reflect on Life's Most Precious Moments

An accident turned into shocking results on the capability of the human brain when activity was scanned during death.

"No study has yet investigated this matter in humans.", the paper Enhanced Interplay of Neuronal Coherence and Coupling in the Dying Human Brain starts with. This covers an ederly man at the age of 87, who accidentally fell, giving him brain trauma and the situation turning into an epileptic episode. He was transported to the emergency room (ER), and shortly after unexpectedly passed from a heart attack. He did have a do no resuscitate (DNR) in place, which allowed doctors to let the emergency run its course.

While this was happening, the 87 year old was hooked up to an electroencephalogram (EEG), scanning his brain from the moment he arrived at the hospital. As the man died, the machine recorded both thirty seconds before and after, scanning brain activity.

The results were incredible, "the man's brainwaves followed the same patterns as dreaming or recalling memories." a BBC article shares.

Dr. Ajmal Zemmar, a co-author of the study commented, saying "This was actually totally by chance, we did not plan to do this experiment or record these signals...."If I were to jump to the philosophical realm, I would speculate that if the brain did a flashback, it would probably like to remind you of good things, rather than the bad things."

However, Dr. Zemmar cautions this information, by concluding it's important to continue to ask questions on this topic. This is because of the conditions of the paitent at death, including his "swollen brain" causing further complications.

"This could possibly be a last recall of memories that we've experienced in life," Dr. Zemmar continues, "and they replay through our brain in the last seconds before we die."

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