The Study of Near Death Experiences

People who have near death experiences very often say that what they experienced was far beyond and if you think about it, the near death experience is an extreme example of what thomas aquinas or even aristotle would say is an immaterial experience of the mind. It doesn't come from from the brain. I sod an absolatute fat, fascinating insight. And a colleague of mine has actually been trying to do some more formal research looking at these experiences which tend to occur when people are near to death. If we can really try to validate that scientifically, that could be quite fascinating. You know, cognitive neuro sciencessort is kind of trapped in this very materialistic perspective