IntroductionAbout three percent of the United States population has reported having actually had a near-death experience or NDE. During a near-death experience, some reports involve one or more of the following: being aware of being dead, having out-of-body experiences, feelings of euphoria, seeing a tunnel of light, and meeting dead people. After experiencing this phenomenon, the near-death survivor often states that they are not afraid of death. They may feel that death is not the end, but a new beginning in which one lives in euphoria and reunites with loved ones for eternity. Others may also have a different view of the experience. Where they focus more on the value of life and that they will not take for granted the time they have left on this earth. For example, instead of feeling a fresh start after life, they believe their near-death experience was an awakening for their current life. Research suggests that there is nothing paranormal about having a near-death experience. Instead, researchers believe that these experiences are manifestations of normal brain functions that have gone off the rails, during a traumatic or sometimes harmless event (Mobbs, D. and Watt, C. 2011). Research has shown that the major parts of the brain affected during these events may be linked to temporal lobe dysfunctions, and that basic arousal systems may be responsible for many of the components of the near-death experience (Mobbs , D., & Watt, C. 2011).Out-of-Body ExperienceAn out-of-body experience (OBE) is described as a person standing over or floating above their own body. Some also describe it as the soul leaving the body and watching from the middle of paper death experiences and "false negative" denials of near death experiences. Death Studies, 29, 145-155. Greyson, B. (2010). Implications of near-death experiences for a postmaterialist psychology. Psychology of religion and spirituality, 2, 37-45. Griffith, L.J. (2009). Near-death experiences and psychotherapy. Psychiatry, 6, 35-42. Kelly, EW (2001). Near-death experiences with reports of encounters with deceased people.Death Studies, 25, 229-249.Lynn, S.J., Cleere, C., Accardi, M., and Krackow, E. (2010). Near-death experiences: out of body and out of mind? Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2, 117-118. Mobbs, D. and Watt, C. (2011). There's Nothing Paranormal About Near-Death Experiences: How Neuroscience Can Explain Seeing Bright Lights, Meeting the Dead, or Being Convinced You're One of them. Trends in cognitive science, 15, 447-449.