What the recording of a dying human brain could tell us

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First-of-its-kind data may hint at life flashing before a man's eyes.

meo from PexelsFor the first time, doctors have collected detailed brain wave activity before and after a sudden death. In their interpretation, the researchers suggest life may indeed “flash before our eyes”—but other experts aren’t so convinced.

Two types of brain waves were most active: Gamma waves, which are especially associated with dreaming and memory retrieval; and alpha waves, which are associated with information processing and the visual cortex—the team speculates this could indicate “life flashing before your eyes” in the moments before death.

Linking an increase in gamma brain waves with flashbacks before death is a stretch, Steve Taylor, a psychologist at Leeds Beckett University in England who wasn’t part of the research team, told

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