IntroductionApproximately three percent of the United States population has claimed to have actually experienced a near-death experience or NDE. During the near-death experience there are reports that involve one or more of the following elements: having awareness of being dead, having out-of-body experiences, feelings of euphoria, seeing a tunnel of light and meeting deceased people. After experiencing this phenomenon, the death survivor often reports that he or she is not afraid of death. They may experience the sense that death is not the end, but a new beginning where one lives in euphoria and is reunited with loved ones for eternity. Others may also have a different take on the experience. Where they focus more on how precious life is and how they won't take the time they have left on this earth for granted. For example, instead of experiencing feelings of a new beginning after life, they believe that their near-death experience was an awakening for their present life. Research suggests there is nothing paranormal about having a near-death experience. Instead, researchers believe that these experiences are manifestations of normal brain function gone awry, during a traumatic or sometimes harmless event (Mobbs, D., & Watt, C. 2011). Research has shown that the major parts of the brain affected by these events may be linked to malfunctions in the temporal lobe and that basic arousal systems may be responsible for many of the components of the near-death experience (Mobbs, D., & Watt, C. 2011). Out-of-body experience An out-of-body experience (OBE) is described as that of someone standing on or floating above their own body. Some also describe it as the soul leaving the body and observing from… middle of paper… death experiences and “false negative” denials of near-death experiences. Death Studies, 29, 145-155. Greyson, B. (2010). Implications of near-death experiences for a postmaterialist psychology. Psychology of religion and spirituality, 2, 37-45.Griffith, L. J. (2009). Near-death experiences and psychotherapy. Psychiatry, 6, 35-42. Kelly, E. W. (2001). Near-death experiences with reports of encounters with deceased persons. Death Studies, 25, 229-249. Lynn, S. J., Cleere, C., Accardi, M., & Krackow, E. (2010). Near-death experiences: out of body and out of mind? Psychology of religion and spirituality, 2, 117-118. Mobbs, D., & Watt, C. (2011). There's nothing paranormal about near-death experiences: How neuroscience can explain seeing bright lights, meeting the dead, or being convinced you're one of them. Trends in cognitive science, 15, 447-449.