People in comas showed ‘conscious-like’ brain activity as they died, study says

Potential neuro-signatures of consciousness' observed in unresponsive patients at time of death, scientists say

Some recall bright lights at the end of a tunnel, feeling the presence of loved ones or floating above their body after a near-death experience. Now, scientists say they have captured conscious-like" brain activity in dying patients in findings that give new insights into the process of death.

How vivid experience can emerge from a dysfunctional brain during the process of dying is a neuroscientific paradox," said Jimo Borjigin, of the University of Michigan, who led the study. We saw potential neuro-signatures of consciousness."