In his words, it might be “the soul leaving the body.” According to him, consciousness is a low-energy, deeply embedded process—possibly operating at a quantum level inside brain cells.

A flair of energy in the brain in a dying patient who had “no blood pressure” or “heart rate” could be evidence of the “soul leaving the body” after death, according to an expert.

“So that could be the near-death experience, or it could be the soul leaving the body, perhaps.” The anesthesiologist said the burst of activity called gamma synchrony — a type of brain wave ...