Consciousness after death
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The question of consciousness after death is a common theme in society and culture. Across the ancient world, most ethnic groups held afterlife beliefs about preservation of consciousness after the death of the physical body. Following the advent of scientific method, consciousness has been associated with physiological function of the brain, whose cessation of function defines death. Nevertheless, many people continue to believe in some form of consciousness after death, and this is a feature of many religious belief systems.
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See also
- Biogerontology, the science of biological aging
- Death anxiety (psychology)
- Disorders of consciousness, including brain death
- Dualism (philosophy of mind)
- Eternal oblivion
- Immortality
- Information-theoretic death
- Life extension
- Neural correlates of consciousness
- Self
- Senescence, biological aging
- Thanatophobia, fear of death
- Unconsciousness
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