What happens when we actually die—when our heart stops and all electrical activity “flatlines” in our brain? Scientists have not given up on providing their own answers and are making some progress in better understanding the brain’s process of transitioning from life to death.
Sam Parnia is an associate professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health and a longtime researcher of what happens to people as they die. This article from Scientific American explores the latest work of Dr Parnia and his colleagues.
