Neuroscientists have recorded the activity of a dying human brain

Re:Neuroscientists have recorded the activity of a dying hum... by giantg2 on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @02:07PM (#30432156)

They're just theorizing here. Generally that would be something to say to console someone, just like "They're in a better place". It could be just as likely that if the person had strong memories of traumatic experiences, they could be remembering them.

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Re:Neuroscientists have recorded the activity of a dying hum... by awb on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @02:13PM (#30432222)

Yeah, it sounds like the researcher is looking at this data through the lens of consoling surviving family members.

> “As a neurosurgeon, I deal with loss at times. It is indescribably difficult to deliver the news of death to distraught family members,” he said.

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Re:Neuroscientists have recorded the activity of a dying hum... by xwdv on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @02:24PM (#30432366)

It seems likely to me it depends on the person dying.

If you always saw yourself as a victim, if you wallowed in the trauma and abuse that life gave you, then your final moments are likely spent remembering all that trauma and how shitty and unfair your life was, and convincing yourself you’re better off dead and gone far away from this world. A crude way to die.

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Re:Neuroscientists have recorded the activity of a dying hum... by wing-_-nuts on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @03:13PM (#30433051)

Whatever the truth, this is a pretty unempathetic view of trauma. People don't wallow in it, some simply don't escape it.

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