Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoI once heard the reason we see "the light" when we die or pretty close there. That it is the brain shutting down and just expelling the energy. Is this true? How does it work?message-squaremessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down12
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareI once heard the reason we see "the light" when we die or pretty close there. That it is the brain shutting down and just expelling the energy. Is this true? How does it work?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareMistiygirl@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoWe dont know exactly, but the current working theory is that the brain pulses extremely strongly when dying, which produces extremely vivid images, including the famous “light at the end of a tunnel”.
We dont know exactly, but the current working theory is that the brain pulses extremely strongly when dying, which produces extremely vivid images, including the famous “light at the end of a tunnel”.