General Article Death: how long are we conscious for and does life really flash before our eyes?

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Death: how long are we conscious for and does life really flash before our eyes?

Guillaume Thierry, Bangor University

The first time I reached past the sheer horror of the concept of death and wondered what the experience of dying may be like, I was about 15. I had just discovered gruesome aspects of the French revolution and how heads were neatly cut off the body by a Guillotine.

Words I remember to this day were the last of Georges Danton on April 5, 1794, who allegedly said to his executi...

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