The mysteries of near-death experiences | Letters

Readers respond to Alex Blasdel’s long read on the studies of brain activity immediately after deathAlex Blasdel’s long read contains some fascinating facts and speculations (The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense, 2 April). However, it is odd to suggest that there are only three approaches to understanding so-called near-death experiences – physicalist, parapsychological and spiritualist.While the field of near-death