# Do any near-death experiences provide evidence for the survival of human personality after death? Relevant features and illustrative case reports #### (1998) - E W Cook, Bruce Greyson, I Stevenson **Link**:: http://dx.doi.org/ **DOI**:: **Links**:: **Tags**:: #paper **Cite Key**:: [@Cook1998-dg] ### Abstract ``` One of the main reasons that near-death experiences have gener- ated so much interest in recent years among the general public is because they seem to provide evidence that consciousness survives the death of the physical body. It is puzzling, therefore, that most researchers - both those interested in NDEs and those interested in survival research - have neglect- ed to address the question of whether NDEs do provide evidence for survival. We describe three features of NDEs - enhanced mentation, the experience of seeing the physical body from a different position in space, and paranor- mal perceptions - that we believe might provide convergent evidence sup- porting the survival hypothesis. We then describe 7 published cases and 7 cases from our own collection that contain all three features. These cases are all - with one possible exception - somewhat deficient with regard to their recording and investigation, but they exemplify the type of case that should be identified earlier and investigated more thoroughly than these have been, and that may then help us decide the extent to which NDEs can contribute to the evidence for survival of consciousness after death. ``` ### Notes