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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Antony Thrower

What happens in your brain when you die - white lights, voices and dead relatives

Scientists have shared evidence to show what happens to people’s brains when they die, with people on the brink of death reporting white lights and seeing long lost relatives.

Experts claimed the activity was recorded in the part of the brain linked with dreaming, visual hallucinations in epilepsy and altered states of consciousness.

They examined four patients who died after having a cardiac arrest while their electrical activity in the brain was being measured by an electroencephalogram (EEG).

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