Is death a sudden and overwhelming reality for us, or does it sneak up on us through time? Scientists have looked at near death experiences known as NDEs, in an effort to learn more about how the brain copes with death. Incredibly, the researchers have discovered that the brain experiences a burst of electrical activity just before death. Researchers at the University of Michigan looked at the electrical impulses in the skulls of rats back in 2013. They found that the rats became more alert right before they died