Scientists say you're "alive" for a few seconds after the heart stops beating as the brain is still functioning
The human body is nothing short of a miracle in itself, and for years, scientists have been trying to solve the numerous puzzles it contains and poses. And as per a new report, scientists have discovered that for seconds after the heart stops, the brain still functions, meaning that you are aware of being dead.
It is further believed that for a short period of time, after death, the person would be "trapped" inside their dead body with the brain still functioning.
The new study by Stony Brook University School of Medicine in New York further revealed that people who survived heart attacks were aware of what was going on around them while they were clinically 'dead' i.e their hearts have stopped beating.
The researchers have also claimed that some patients could even hear the doctors pronouncing them dead after their hearts stopped beating because of the activities going on in their brain.
It was Dr. Sam Parnia and his team from the Stony Brook University School of Medicine who examined consciousness after death by researching cardiac arrest cases in Europe and the US.
