NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—When people report having profound out-of-body experiences during close brushes with death, skeptics often attribute it to physiological and psychological factors. Robert Mays, who has studied near-death experiences (NDEs) for some 30 years, looked at some of these factors during a talk at the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) 2014 Conference in Newport…
The Neuroscience of Near-Death Experiences
April 29, 2022
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The Psychology of Mimetic Contagion
April 29, 2022
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Commentary My friend and colleague Dr. Mary Talley Bowden recently posed this important question, which has puzzled many people during the pandemic: Such a great question. A friend of mine from the age of 5 won’t have anything to do with me now because of my Covid views. I know we’ve all experienced this. @akheriaty…
The Profound Near-Death Experience of a Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor
April 29, 2022
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Tienke Klein’s health remained poor after she was released from a Nazi concentration camp. After a long recovery from the trauma she’d endured, she finally reached the point of not needing to visit her doctor regularly. Then she was hit by a car while bicycling. The experience would release her from the prison camp she’d…
Hidden No Longer, Eyes Reveal Rare Mental Condition
April 28, 2022
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Australian researchers have made a breakthrough in a rare mental condition, aphantasia, that makes people unable to visualise images. Previously thought to be difficult to diagnose, researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have discovered a method for proving and diagnosing the rare mental condition via a person’s eyes’ responsiveness to light. Those who…
What Does Death Feel Like? Earthquake Survivors Report Pleasant Feeling
April 27, 2022
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On July 28, 1976, the monstrous Tangshan earthquake caused more than 240,000 fatalities and 160,000 serious injuries. Medical workers in China did case studies on the survivors, most of whom had been buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings, to try and find out whether they had near-death experiences, and if so, how they felt. The results…
What Can the Stanford Prison Experiment Tell Us About Life in the Pandemic Era?
March 11, 2022
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Commentary Late in the summer of 1971, a young man was taken from his home in Palo Alto, California. Then another. And another. Nine in all, they were each spirited away. Eventually brought to a place with no windows and no clocks, they were stripped and they were chained. They were costumed in dress-like gowns….
Nothing Is Your Fault, Ever
July 11, 2021
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“It’s not their fault” is now the automatic response to all kinds of problems. If you don’t agree with this response, you’re condemned as “uncaring” or worse. But is it really caring to cram every problem into the “not-your-fault” mold? Does it really help students to hear that their academic setbacks are “not their fault”?…
Texas Teen Becomes Youngest Person to Graduate From UH, Already Enrolled in Master’s Program
A 17-year-old girl from Kingwood, Texas, is making headlines for graduating with a bachelor’s degree and certification, and pursuing her master’s degree, all before most teenagers have graduated high school. After graduating with her bachelor’s in psychology this year, Salenah Cartier has become the youngest person to graduate from the University of Houston. She graduated…
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Weaponizing Mental Health
Commentary Leaders and teachers are encouraging us to feel offended over a long list of grievances. We humans are easily offended, so fanning grievances is an effective way for a leader to recruit followers. Your stock of resentments is your ticket into the “army of discontent,” as Karl Marx called it. Leaders have weaponized public…