Neuroscientists have found that people's lives really do flash before their eyes when they die.
Brain Scans
The boffins unintentionally recorded a dying brain when an 87-year-old man passed away while being tested to see what was behind his seizures.
The information collected from his brain wave patterns were similar to those experienced during dreaming, memory recall and meditation.
Dr. Ajmal Zemmar said of the case: "We measured 15 minutes of brain activity around the time of death and set a specific focus to investigate what happened in the 30 seconds before and after the heart stopped beating.
"Through generating oscillations involved in memory retrieval, the brain may be playing a last recall of important life events just before we die, similar to the ones reported in near-death experiences."
Zemmar added: "These findings challenge our understanding of when exactly life ends and generate important subsequent questions, such as those related to the timing of organ donation."