The recent study on Near Death Experiences was widely misreported by a hopeful media and caused a frenzy in pseudo-science pages on facebook etc.
Susan Blackmore has spent a lifetime studying the paranormal and brain functioning and even had an NDE herself, her opinion is obviously worth hearing, her bit starts at 10 mins in: http://thehumanist.com/multimedia/podcast/the-humanist-hour-122-a-discussion-on-the-psychology-of-the-paranormal-with-dr-susan-blackmore http://thehumanist.com/multimedia/podcast/the-humanist-hour-122-a-discussion-on-the-psychology-of-the-paranormal-with-dr-susan-blackmore
