A Comparative Analysis of Japanese and Western NDEs
@article{Ohkado2014ACA, title={A Comparative Analysis of Japanese and Western NDEs}, author={Masayuki Ohkado and Bruce Greyson}, journal={Journal of Near-Death Studies}, year={2014}, volume={32}, pages={187-198} }
Abstract: Decades of studies on near-death experiences (NDEs) have reveals both cross-cultural and culture-specific features (Kellehear, 2009) and that it is important to determine which aspects are attributed to the physiological, biological, or psychological mechanisms shared by all humans and which aspects are of cultural origin. In this article, we examine Japanese NDEs and compare their features with generalizations based on observations of Western NDEs. The main differences between…
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