TABLE 2.

Episodic/internal and non-episodic/external subcomponents of NDE (n = 25), flashbulb (n = 25), and autobiographical memories (n = 25).

AI details	NDE median (IQR)	NDE average rank	Flashbulb median (IQR)	Flashbulb average rank	Autobio median (IQR)	Autobio average rank	X2	Df	p-value	Kendall coefficient
Internal
Event	20 (9–33)	2.62	6 (3–10)	1.50	10 (4–12)	1.88	18.431	2	< 0.004*	0.369
Time	2 (1–3)	2.10	1 (1–2)	1.64	2 (1–3)	2.26	6.241	2	0.044	0.125
Place	1 (0–2)	2.02	1 (1–2)	2.18	1 (0–2)	1.80	2.844	2	0.241	0.057
Perceptual	7 (3–12)	2.76	0 (0–2)	1.58	0 (0–2)	1.66	27.175	2	< 0.004*	0.544
Emotional	10 (5–16)	2.48	3 (2–6)	1.70	6 (2–8)	1.82	9.800	2	0.007	0.196
External
Event	7 (1–13)	2.36	2 (1–3)	1.62	3 (1–6)	2.02	7.708	2	0.021	0.154
Time	0 (0–0)	2.06	0 (0–0)	2.00	0 (0–0)	1.94	0.750	2	0.687	0.015
Place	0 (0–0)	1.98	0 (0–0)	1.96	0 (0–0)	2.06	0.378	2	0.828	0.057
Perceptual	0 (0–1)	2.16	0 (0–0)	1.80	0 (0–0)	2.04	7.000	2	0.030	0.140
Emotional	1 (0–5)	2.16	1 (0–2)	1.96	0 (0–2)	1.88	1.489	2	0.476	0.030
Semantic	1 (0–3)	1.98	3 (1–4)	2.24	1 (0–2)	1.78	3.325	2	0.190	0.067
Repetition	3 (1–4)	2.32	2 (1–2)	1.88	1 (0–3)	1.80	4.722	2	0.094	0.094

Results for the AI (autobiographical memory interview) details are considered statistically significant at p < 0.004 after Bonferroni correction. *Results are significant. NDE, near-death experience; IQR, inter-quartile range; Df, degree of freedom.