After a decade of research and study, Professor Harry Coumnas throws light on the concept of “Afterlife”. During his research, Harry studied around 2000 people to determine if the thoughts continue after their heart stops beating. Only 2% of the people said that they had the feeling of an outer body experience where an individual is completely aware and can hear as well as see what is going on around them even when their heart stops beating. Around half of them said the experience wasn’t of awareness, but that of an overpowering fear.


The research also involved people who had survived heart attack and are now back to their normal life. Almost 40% of them said they experienced a strong form of awareness even after they were pronounced dead by the doctors.


Harry Coumnas says this all happens due to the brain dying from the top, which claims the personal characteristics first. Our sense of self, our sense of humor, our ability to think ahead that stuff all goes within the first 10 to 20 seconds. Then, as the wave of blood starved brain cells spread out, our memories and language centers short out, until we are left with just a core.

About Harry Coumnas

Harry Coumnas is a Harvard-educated neurosurgeon. He has taught at Duke University Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital. He has had hospital appointments at Boston Children's Hospital, Clark Women Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and General Hospital-Centra Health.