![]() ![]() Commentators note that several elements and features of the NDE appears to be similar across cultures, but the details of the experience (figures, beings, scenery), and the interpretation of the experience, varies between cultures. NDE researchers have also found that the NDE may not be a uniquely western experience. Some general characteristics of an NDE include subjective impressions of being outside the physical body visions of deceased relatives and religious figures transcendence of ego and spatiotemporal boundaries. These dimensions are also the basis for the three major explanatory models for the NDE. Researchers study the role of physiological, psychological and transcendental factors associated with the NDE. According to IANDS, surveys (conducted in USA, Australia and Germany) suggest that 4 to 15% of the population have had NDEs. Griffith and Bruce Greyson, it is estimated that near-death experiences are reported by five percent of the adult American population. ![]() The aspect of trauma, and physical crises, is also recognized as an indicator for the phenomenon. The near-death experience is an experience reported by people who have come close to dying in a medical or non-medical setting.
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