Year: 1984
Type: article
Abstract: The phenomenology that typically accompanies the near-death experience (NDE) is also sometimes a by-product of ketamine, an anesthetic used in both medical and recreational settings.Some surveys indicate that NDE-type ketamine hallucinations are quite common.The close parallels between some ketamine experiences and the NDE can be explained by a variety of conceptual models, including these: the NDE is a similar form of chemically induced hallucination; ketamine induces objective out-of-body experiences (OBEs); ketamine-linked NDEs are artifacts produced by expectancy and the hospital setting; or the NDE is an archetypal experience catalyzed under a variety of different situations.Each of these theories has explanatory advantages and disadvantages. Anabiosis-The Journal for Near-Death Studies
Author: Rogo, D. Scott
Institution: John F. Kennedy University
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2804063449