Sometimes, near death, a person with dementia will suddenly regain clarity and lucidity and give loved ones a chance to say goodbye. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the phenomenon called terminal lucidity, what could cause it, and whether it tells us anything new about the brain, soul, and consciousness.
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Links for this episode:
- Alexander Batthyany’s book Threshold: Terminal Lucidity and the Border of Life and Death
- Michael Nahm’s article Terminal Lucidity (Psi-Encyclopedia)
- Michael Nahm’s paper Terminal Lucidity in People with Mental Illness and Other Mental Disability
- Phineas Gage
- German hymn Wo Findet Die Seele Die Heimat, Die Ruh (recording)
- German text
- English text
- Jesse Bearing’s article “One Last Goodbye: The Strange Case of Terminal Lucidity”
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