When some people have a close brush with death, they can report a feeling of an afterlife or some form of life after death.

As many as one in 10 people who have had a brush with death have reported an NDE, and often come away feeling euphoric - some with a new found sense of religion and the afterlife.

"Modern death requires irreversible loss of brain function.

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The research found that after an NDE, people tend to have a decline in a fear of death and less interest in material functions