Their aim was to find ways to test their theories of consciousness empirically, and to turn near-death studies into a legitimate scientific endeavour.

他们的目标是找到方法，以经验主义的方式检验他们的意识理论，并将濒死研究转变为一项合法的科学事业。

What it highlights, however, " is that we need more precise, well-tested theories of consciousness" , he says.

然而，它强调的是“我们需要更精确、经过充分检验的意识理论”，他说。

They also assumed that neuroscience-based theories of consciousness, which are studied through brain scans and other techniques in humans and animals, can be applied to AI.

他们还认为，通过大脑扫描和其他技术对人类和动物进行研究的基于神经科学的意识理论可以应用于人工智能。

Parnia, the resuscitation specialist, who studies the physical processes of dying but is also sympathetic to a parapsychological theory of consciousness, has a radically different take on what we are poised to find out.

帕尼亚是一位复苏专家，他研究死亡的生理过程，但也对意识的超心理学理论表示同情，他对我们即将发现的东西有着截然不同的看法。