Death used to be clearly defined as cardiac arrest, but today, thanks to intensive care medicine, this can be delayed for months. In an interview with Krone+, brain researcher Jürgen Sandkuhler explains when exactly we die, why movements do not also mean life, what we experience on the threshold of death – and what stress and near-death experiences have in common.
We meet University Prof. Dr. Jürgen Sandcooler in The Folly of Vienna. A more suitable location for an interview with a brain researcher is hardly imaginable: it was the first psychiatric clinic on mainland Europe, built in 1784 under Emperor Joseph II – and structurally striking due to its round shape.
Today the pathological-anatomical collection is housed here – including many pickled brains with various diseases that could not yet be cured. No wonder that you first have to look for the university professor among the crowded shelves.
But suddenly his head appears between the glasses with the brain: “Here!” he shouts – and we get to work straight away.
“Kron”: Mr. University Prof. Dr. Sandcooler, what about death – then and now?
Source: Krone
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