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ArticleInnovation (Cambridge (Mass.))2026

Quantum evidence of nonlocal consciousness during clinical death.

Álex Escolà-Gascón, Kenneth Drinkwater, Andrew Denovan, Neil Dagnall, Julián Benito-León

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Article in Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Álex Escolà-GascónDepartment of Quantitative Methods and Statistics, Comillas Pontifical University, 28015 Madrid, Spain.
Kenneth DrinkwaterFaculty of Health, Psychology and Social Care, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M15 6GX, UK.
Andrew DenovanSchool of Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 5UX, UK.
Neil DagnallFaculty of Health, Psychology and Social Care, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M15 6GX, UK.
Julián Benito-LeónDepartment of Neurology, 12 de Octubre University Hospital, 28041 Madrid, Spain.

Funding

ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ESSENTIAL TREMORR01NS039422 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LOUIS, ELAN D · 2000 to 2013
$7.7M
Environmental Epidemiology of Essential TremorR01NS094607 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LOUIS, ELAN D · 2016 to 2020
$3.9M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS039422NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS094607
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

If consciousness can operate under quantum principles, then the boundaries between life, death, and cognition are far more permeable than current science allows. In the first large-scale, randomized, double-blind, multicenter trial to test this possibility, conducted across 13 hospitals in the UK and Spain, we investigated whether the human mind can access information during clinical death-but only when exposed to auditory stimuli governed by quantum entanglement. The entangled stimulation circuit was implemented and synchronized with the 127-qubit IBM Brisbane quantum supercomputer and delivered during in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest (CA), beginning 120 s after arrest onset. Quantum entanglement was verified through statistically significant violations of Mermin inequalities. During resuscitation, we measured neurophysiological biomarkers including cerebral oxygenation via near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), brain temperature, and blood pH, lactate, and serum concentrations of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). After reanimation, 142 survivors completed a forced-choice recall test, near-death experience (NDE) scales, and other clinical control assessments. False memories, hallucinations, and confounding biases were successfully controlled. Notably, recall lucidity increased momentarily as NIRS values dropped, and NDEs positively correlated with neuroplasticity during CA. Biomarker models explained up to 56.8% of the variance in recall. These findings compel a radical rethinking of clinical death: consciousness may persist-quantum bound, detectable, and not yet defeated.

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brain-derived neurotrophic factorclinical deathnear-death experiencesquantum entanglementresuscitation

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PMID42719279
PMCPMC13556340

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