Spatial representations of objects used away and towards the body: The effect of near and far space.

An action with an object can be accomplished only if we encode the position of the object with respect to our body (i.e., egocentrically) and/or to another element in the environment (i.

Personality traits and pattern of beliefs of near-death(-like) experiencers.

Introduction: Little is known about the potential personality and psychological predictors of near-death experiences (NDEs), and fewer yet those of near-death-like experiences (NDEs-like; similar phenomenology reported after a non-life-threatening context). This study investigated whether personality traits (Openness, Extraversion, Pleasantness, Conscientiousness, and Neuroticism), dissociative experiences, Fantasy proneness, disposition toward auditory hallucinations, absorption trait, and endorsement of paranormal and spiritual beliefs could be associated with the recall of NDEs(-like).

Methods: To this aim, we invited four groups of people to retrospectively fill in questionnaires assessing the following factors: NDE experiencers ( = 63), NDE(-like) experiencers ( = 31), controls with a life-threatening situation but no NDE(-like) ( = 43), and controls without a life-threatening situation or an NDE(-like) ( = 44).