AWARE—AWAreness during REsuscitation—A prospective study
Sam Parnia, Ken Spearpoint, et al. · 2014 · Resuscitation, 85(12), 1799–1805
Summary
Prospective multi-centre study attempting to test for verifiable awareness during cardiac arrest, including a hidden-target protocol.
Why it matters here
Most-cited rigorous attempt at empirically testing claims of conscious awareness during clinical death.
Editorial note
Full author list intentionally trimmed to et al. for readability.
Linked claims
A handful of veridical NDE cases are striking. The leap from 'unexplained by current models' to 'proof of afterlife' is large.
A consistent core experience — peace, light, life review, OBE — reported across cultures and prospective hospital studies.
Related evidence hubs
Evidence around dying, near-death experience, and what (if anything) continues.
Whether anything of mind continues.
Structured experiences during cardiac arrest and crisis.
The nature of subjective experience.