Tag: Bruce Greyson

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 24, 2026

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, brain, Bruce Greyson, cardiac arrest, Charlotte Martial, coma, dying brain, emergency room, evidence, evolution, evolutionary psychology, explainaway, Galileo Galilei, geocentric cosmology, Kristin French, Marieta Pehlivanova, Mark Johnson, Messiah University, Michael Egnor, Michael Zignarelli, Nautilus, near-death experiences, Netherlands, neuroscience, opossum, optical illusions, possum, Real Clear Science, stereotypical behavior, thanatosis, Venus, Washington Post}

What’s an Explainaway? Here Is an Example from the Debate on Near-Death Experiences

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 24, 2026

Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Explainaways, whether possum tales or optical illusions, exist to protect a system from unwanted evidence by ignoring or dismissing it. Read More ›

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Date
August 24, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, After (book), belief, Bruce Greyson, Buddhism, Christianity, Denyse O'Leary, Jacob Vazquez, medical science, near-death experiences, The Immortal Mind, theology, Truthful Hope}

Near-Death Experiences Fail to Confirm Any Single Belief System

_{Science & Culture
August 24, 2025

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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People of different faiths tend to have experiences consistent with their culture. What does that say about the reality of the experiences? Read More ›

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Date
July 14, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, After (book), aneurysm, brain, Bruce Greyson, hypoxia, medical literature, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, near-death experiences, Pam Reynolds, Phoenix, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Steve Taylor, suicide, surgery, The Immortal Mind, Tulane University, University of Virginia, veridical}

To Skeptics, Four Challenges on Near-Death Experiences

_{Science & Culture
July 14, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Michael Egnor and Denyse O’Leary devote Chapter 6 to addressing various efforts to debunk near-death experiences. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Bruce Greyson, Charlotte Martial, Mario Beauregard, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, spaghetti, Susan Blackmore, The Spiritual Brain, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, University of Michigan, veridical, Yale University}

Near-Death Experiences Are Being Taken More Seriously Now

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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We are seeing a growth in genuine curiosity, which is a welcome change, and likely to be a fruitful one. Read More ›

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Date
May 22, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Bruce Greyson, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, David Klinghoffer, death, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, Gary Habermas, matter, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Sean McDowell, soul, spirit, The Immortal Mind}

Egnor: The Soul Has No Off Switch

_{Science & Culture
May 22, 2025

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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"You’re not going to hear from a mathematics department at the local university that the number 8 passed away yesterday." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 1, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, brain function, Bruce Greyson, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, human soul, Lucid Dying, materialism, Michael Egnor, near-death experiences, NYU, Sam Parnia, Science Daily, Scientific American, Sean Carroll, The Immortal Mind}

Scientists Ask: Does the Soul Survive Death?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 1, 2024

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Gradually, medical findings about what happens to the mind around the time of death are undermining assumptions that the soul dies with the body. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 7, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Bruce Greyson, Closer to Truth, death, immortality, materialism, Michael Egnor, naturalism, physicalism, Psyche, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Sam Parnia, soul, The Immortal Mind}

Mind Is Not Annihilated at Death, ER Doc Says

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 7, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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“The evidence so far suggests that the entity we call the human mind… does not become annihilated after a person has died.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, brain, Bruce Greyson, cancel culture, death, dementia, dying, Gary Habermas, Minding the Brain, near-death experiences, philosophers, Psychology Today, Research, terminal lucidity}

A Philosopher Investigates Near-Death Experiences

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 21, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Monika Mandoki did not experience efforts to get her canceled. That may be for several reasons. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 10, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, After Death, angels, Bruce Greyson, death, Gary Habermas, Heaven, immortality, jesus, Michael Egnor, Minding the Brain, near-death experiences, neurosurgeons, nurses, Oxford University Press, psychiatry, spaghetti}

Are Near-Death Experiences Science Now?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 10, 2023

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The laughter has died down? Good. It was modern medicine — not religion — that created the hard evidence for credible near-death experiences. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 26, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, brain activity, brain scan, brain waves, Bruce Greyson, death, emotion, hearing, heart, memory, near-death experiences, vision}

Near-Death Research Slowly Fills in the Picture

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 26, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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When an 87-year-old man was having his brain scanned, he died — unexpectedly — of a heart attack. So, the scan recorded his unanticipated final brain activity. Read More ›