The Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF) documents and studies near-death experiences and related consciousness phenomena from around the world.

May 20, 2025 · So are you a skeptic or a believer? Reader’s Digest put together this list of real survival stories and near-death experiences, so you can decide for yourself.

A near-death experience (NDE) is a profound personal experience associated with death or impending death, which researchers describe as having similar characteristics.

Every day, all over the world, an increasing number of people, from all walks of life, are reporting near-death experiences (and related phenomena). This website has been created to gather, study, and …

How is a near-death experience defined? A near-death experience is, simply, an experience that a person reports having had while in a physical state in which the risk of death was...

Jun 7, 2025 · They leave their bodies, witness a bright light and return forever changed. But do survivors of near-death experiences truly glimpse into the great beyond? New research into the brain's final …

A near-death experience (NDE) is an intensely vivid experience that occurs when a person is close to death or clinically dead, often during cardiac arrest, severe trauma, or deep anesthesia.

Our mission is to advance global understanding of near-death experiences and related phenomena through research, education, and supportive communities and resources.

Near-death experiences (NDEs) are reported by about 17% of those who nearly die. 1 NDEs have been reported by children, adults, scientists, physicians, priests, ministers, among the religious and …

Mar 12, 2025 · A near-death experience is typically defined as coming close to death during a life-threatening emergency and having a vivid, subjective out-of-body experience.