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Why Time Slows Down In Near-Death Experiences

First Posted: 10/05/10 05:35 PM ET Updated: 11/17/11 09:02 AM ET

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Using an unorthodox experiment, a researcher thinks he has discovered why time seems to drag in moments where the body thinks it is experiencing extreme danger.

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Using an unorthodox experiment, a researcher thinks he has discovered why time seems to drag in moments where the body thinks it is experiencing extreme danger.
Using an unorthodox experiment, a researcher thinks he has discovered why time seems to drag in moments where the body thinks it is experiencing extreme danger.
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MajorKong
If the pilot's good, see, I mean if he's reeeally
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06:52 PM on 10/08/2010
We've known about "temporal distortion" in aviation for many years.

People that have ejected from aircraft often describe it as though it happened over the course of several minutes versus the 3 seconds or so that actually transpired.
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benjorama
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09:51 PM on 10/07/2010
This is old news. Pretty sure I read about this experiment a year ago.
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ganglewaefre
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12:14 AM on 10/06/2010
Uh, because every second counts?
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ceelynncee
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08:49 PM on 10/05/2010
Wouldn't this be relevant to the study of PTSD?
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06:23 PM on 10/05/2010
That article doesn't explain WHY your brain does that. Only that it does.
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Alvarask
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06:19 PM on 10/05/2010
The terminology of the headline is incorrect. A "near death experience" is a widely recognised phenomenon in which a person experiences physical death and then comes back to life and reports what they experienced. This research was about people in experiences simulating the potential to die. Quite a different thing. Not HP's fault though,as this is the original headline.
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camcat
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02:42 AM on 10/06/2010
Alvarask, you're right. Jumping into a net without a bungee cord is not the same experience as when the organs shut down due to illness or trauma and one is virtually at death's door.
I've been in an accident on the road and the whole thing played out in slow motion and has stayed in my memory ever since. I think the experience was so out of the ordinary daily routine it made a dramatic imprint on some part of my brain that had free or unused space to absorb it. Travel leaves similarly raw imprints that I associate with childhood memories when impressions are forged forever into the psyche.
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