- 13 Sep 2020 08:17
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Is There Life after Death? Fifty Years of Research at UVA
Moderator: John Cleese, Cofounder, Monty Python
Speakers:
Jim B. Tucker M.D. , UVA, Director of the Division of Perceptual Studies, Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Bruce Greyson, M.D. , UVA, Chester F. Carlson Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Kim Penberthy, Ph.D. , UVA, ABPP, Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences
Edward Kelly, Ph.D. , UVA, Professor of Research, Division of Perceptual Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Emily Williams Kelly, Ph.D. , UVA, Assistant Professor of Research, Division of Perceptual Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Does some aspect of our personality survive bodily death? Long a philosophical and theological question, in the 20th century this became the subject of scientific research. Fifty years ago, in 1967, Ian Stevenson, then chair of UVA's Department of Psychiatry, created a research unit—now named the Division of Perceptual Studies—to study what, if anything, of the human personality survives after death. Dr. Stevenson's own research investigated hundreds of accounts of young children who claimed to recall past lives.
In this Medical Center Hour, faculty from the Division of Perceptual Studies highlight the unit's work since its founding, including studies of purported past lives, near-death experiences, and mind-brain interactions in phenomena such as deep meditation, veridical out-of-body experiences, deathbed visions, apparent communication from deceased persons, altered states of consciousness, and terminal lucidity in persons with irreversible brain damage. As the division enters its second half-century, what are its research priorities and partnerships?
University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies Faculty:
Jim B. Tucker, M.D.
Director of the Division of Perceptual Studies
Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests:
◊ children who report memories of previous lives
◊ prenatal & birth memories
Ross Dunseath, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Research
Research Interests:
◊ biomedical instrumentation
◊ concurrent EEG and functional MRI brain imaging
Bruce Greyson, M.D.
Chester F. Carlson Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Former Editor, Journal of Near-Death Studies
Research Interests:
◊ near-death experiences
◊ crisis apparitions
◊ death-bed visions
Edward F. Kelly, Ph.D.
Professor of Research
Research Interests:
◊ physiological correlates of psi
◊ altered states of consciousness
Emily Williams Kelly, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Research
Research Interests:
◊ death-bed visions
◊ crisis apparitions
◊ near-death experiences, esp. veridical NDEs
◊ Frederic W. H. Myers (19th century psychologist and psychical researcher)
Marieta Pehlivanova, Ph.D.
Senior Research Specialist
Research Interests:
◊ near-death experiences
◊ biostatistics
◊ experimental psychology
J. Kim Penberthy, Ph.D.
ABPP, Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests:
◊ altered states of consciousness
◊ mindfulness and health
◊ hospice experiences
Moderator: John Cleese, Cofounder, Monty Python
Speakers:
Jim B. Tucker M.D. , UVA, Director of the Division of Perceptual Studies, Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Bruce Greyson, M.D. , UVA, Chester F. Carlson Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Kim Penberthy, Ph.D. , UVA, ABPP, Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences
Edward Kelly, Ph.D. , UVA, Professor of Research, Division of Perceptual Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Emily Williams Kelly, Ph.D. , UVA, Assistant Professor of Research, Division of Perceptual Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Does some aspect of our personality survive bodily death? Long a philosophical and theological question, in the 20th century this became the subject of scientific research. Fifty years ago, in 1967, Ian Stevenson, then chair of UVA's Department of Psychiatry, created a research unit—now named the Division of Perceptual Studies—to study what, if anything, of the human personality survives after death. Dr. Stevenson's own research investigated hundreds of accounts of young children who claimed to recall past lives.
In this Medical Center Hour, faculty from the Division of Perceptual Studies highlight the unit's work since its founding, including studies of purported past lives, near-death experiences, and mind-brain interactions in phenomena such as deep meditation, veridical out-of-body experiences, deathbed visions, apparent communication from deceased persons, altered states of consciousness, and terminal lucidity in persons with irreversible brain damage. As the division enters its second half-century, what are its research priorities and partnerships?
University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies Faculty:
Jim B. Tucker, M.D.
Director of the Division of Perceptual Studies
Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests:
◊ children who report memories of previous lives
◊ prenatal & birth memories
Ross Dunseath, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Research
Research Interests:
◊ biomedical instrumentation
◊ concurrent EEG and functional MRI brain imaging
Bruce Greyson, M.D.
Chester F. Carlson Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Former Editor, Journal of Near-Death Studies
Research Interests:
◊ near-death experiences
◊ crisis apparitions
◊ death-bed visions
Edward F. Kelly, Ph.D.
Professor of Research
Research Interests:
◊ physiological correlates of psi
◊ altered states of consciousness
Emily Williams Kelly, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Research
Research Interests:
◊ death-bed visions
◊ crisis apparitions
◊ near-death experiences, esp. veridical NDEs
◊ Frederic W. H. Myers (19th century psychologist and psychical researcher)
Marieta Pehlivanova, Ph.D.
Senior Research Specialist
Research Interests:
◊ near-death experiences
◊ biostatistics
◊ experimental psychology
J. Kim Penberthy, Ph.D.
ABPP, Chester F. Carlson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Research Interests:
◊ altered states of consciousness
◊ mindfulness and health
◊ hospice experiences
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