An accidental recording may help scientists answer an age-old question: what happens to the human brain as we die?
Neuroscientists inadvertently recorded a dying brain while they were using electroencephalography to detect and treat seizures in an 87-year-old man, and the patient suffered a heart attack.
Rhythmic brain wave patterns recorded during the man's time of death were similar to those occurring during dreaming, memory recall and meditation — adding weight to reports of people seeing their lives flash before their eyes during near-death experiences.
