A robust AI-test of enchanted psi
Jim Houran, Brian Laythe
Institute for the Study of Religious and Anomalous Experience - ISRAE, Charlestown (USA)
2025/02 - 2026/01
Decoding inner speech with neurophysiological insights and explainable AI
Bo Yao, Xin Yao
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lancaster University (UK); School of Data Science, Lingnan University, Hong Kong (China)
Are oxytocin release and altruism influenced by spirituality and trait absorption in medical students? A randomized controlled study
Marco Aurélio Vinhosa Bastos Jr., Nicolas Rohleder, Giancarlo Lucchetti, Miguel Farias, Rosimeire Aparecida Manoel Seixas, Danielle Bogo, Paulo Roberto Haidamus de Oliveira Bastos
School of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul - UFMS (Brazil); Department of Psychology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
Musical exposure during pregnancy to boost language acquisition in infants
Carles Escera, Maria Dolores Gómez-Roig, Natàlia Gorina-Careta, Alejandro Mondéjar-Segovia
Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona (Spain); Obstetrics and Gynecolgoy, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona (Spain)
Brain basis of mental imagery
Juha Silvanto, Kristian Sandberg
Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, University of Macau (China); Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Aarhus (Denmark)
Decoding biochemical mechanisms underlying mind-matter interactions: Effect of intention on human glioblastoma cells migration regulatory factors via cryptochrome
Yung-Jong Shiah, Chang-Tze Ricky Yu, Dean Radin
Graduate Institute of Counseling Psychology and Rehabilitation Counseling, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan (China); Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan (China); Institute of Noetic Sciences, California (USA)
Investigating the role of the subthalamic nucleus in action inhibition with focused ultrasound stimulation
Alejandra Sel de Felipe, Elsa Fouragnan
Department of Psychology, University of Essex (UK); Decision and Learning Lab, University of Plymouth (UK)
Are insects conscious? Evidence from phantom limb sensation
Giorgio Vallortigara
Center for Mind/Brain Sciences - CIMeC, University of Trento (Italy)
Unveiling synchronicity experiences as an acausal connecting principle: Investigating meaningful coincidences in daily life through ecological momentary assessment
Christian Rominger
Department of Psychology, University of Graz (Austria)
Unravelling the mystery of time consciousness using mediated reality: A lucid dream-like VR approach (LucidTime)
Irene Karakasidou, Argiro Vatakis, Efthymia Lamprou
Hellenic Society for Positive Psychology, Athens (Greece)
Neurophysiological and phenomenological characterization of remote viewing
David Acunzo, Marina Weiler
Division of Perceptual Studies - DOPS, School of Medicine, University of Virginia (USA)
EEG correlates of unusual bodily sensations and out-of-body experiences across the wake-sleep cycle
Gustavo Deco, Teresa Campillo-Ferrer
Department of Engineering, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona (Spain)
Investigating the role of interoceptive processing in multisensory integration during time perception
Alice Teghil
Department of Psychology, "Sapienza” University of Rome (Italy)
Exploring anomalous temporal experiences in altered states of consciousness and their connection to paranormal phenomena
Steve Taylor, Marc Wittmann, Donna Thomas
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University (UK)
The Hide Of Reminiscence (THOR): Familiarity as memory failure or semantic boost?
Federica Santacroce, Annalisa Tosoni, Rosalia Di Matteo
Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara (Italy)
Cognitive and neural insights into mnemonic construction of complex narratives
Federica Procida
Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara (Italy)
Personal affective evaluation of paranormal belief and positive (hedonic & eudaemonic) wellbeing
Neil Dagnall, Rob Demsey
School of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
Neurocomputational principles of social inferences in lonely individuals
Gabriele Bellucci
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London (UK)
Cortical tracking of speech in the first year of life: A window into (a)typical language acquisition
Chiara Cantiani, Caterina Piazza
Child Psychopathology Unit, Scientific Institute, IRCCS Eugenio Medea, Bosisio Parini (Italy)
Delving into subjective perception: The sense of self and environmental factors in mystical experiences
Sjoerd Ebisch
Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara (Italy)
ProSocial-Living: A psychoneurophysiological study on the role of empathy and compassion towards socially minoritized individuals
Sérgio Carvalho, Marcela Matos, Rita Guerra, Teresa Forte, Rúben Sousa, Raquel Guiomar, Nicola Petrocchi, Paula Castilho, David Skvarc, Paulo Santos, João Diogo
Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention - CINEICC, University of Coimbra (Portugal); Immunology and Oncology Laboratory, University of Coimbra (Portugal)
2025/02 - 2028/02
Decoding the motor and physiological dynamics of human-robot interactions
Emmanuele Tidoni, Carlo Campagnoli, Nathan Caruana
Human Technology Laboratory, School of Psychology, University of Leeds (UK)
Evaluating musical rhythm predisposition and training in shaping children's reading and writing skills
Marta Martins, São Luís Castro, César Lima, Rui Alves
Center for Psychological Research and Social Intervention - CIS, Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal); Center for Psychology at University of Porto - CPUP, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto (Portugal)
Neuro-anthro-phenomenology of healing: A hyperscanning study of Mexican curanderos
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Antonella Fagetti, Clemens Bauer, Roberto Mercadillo
The Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center, University of Haifa (Israel); Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities "Alfonso Vélez Pliego", Autonomous University of Puebla (Mexico); Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston (USA)
Can we revive memories after sleep deprivation?
Pim Heckman, Arjan Blokland, Conny Quaedflieg, Margarida Vaz Garrido, Cristiane Souza
Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Maastricht University (The Netherlands); Social and Organizational Psychology Center, Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal)
Losing the self in virtual worlds: The relationship between depersonalisation/derealisation, presence, and vestibular functioning in virtual reality
Maria Gallagher
School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury (UK)
Psychophysiological activation and learning (to Learn): Evidence from action-like video games to mindfulness
Andrea Facoetti
Department of General Psychology, University of Padova (Italy)
Decoding the neural signals underlying memory processing in cortico-limbic circuits
João Filipe Oliveira, Ana João Rodrigues, Leandro Aguiar, Tawan Carvalho, João Machado, João Viana, Daniela Abreu, Sara Barsanti, Alexandra Veiga, Duarte Dias
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute - ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga (Portugal)
After-death communication with cell phones (continuation)
Imants Baruss
Department of Psychology, King's University College at Western University, London (Canada)
Development and validation of a measure of experiences of spirit communication/interaction
Etzel Cardeña, Matti Cervin, Alejandro Frigerio, Yvonne Schaffler, Hans van Eyghen, Alexander Moreira-Almeida
Center for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology - CERCAP, Lund University (Sweden); School of Catholic Theology, University of Tilburg (The Netherlands); Research Center on Spirituality and Health - NUPES, Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)
Investigating the time courses of intentions using a mock brain-reading machine
Aaron Schurger, Lucas Jeay-Bizot, Tomáš Dominik
Institute for Interdisciplinary Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University, Irvine (USA)
How time perception is shaped by physical and virtual active tool-use: A neuro-physiological study
Christoph Kayser, Amir Jahanian Najafabadi, Argiro Vatakis
Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Bielefeld University (Germany)
2025/01 - 2028/01
Set, setting and entourage effects on psychedelic experiences
Michiel van Elk, Etzel Cardeña
PRSM Lab, Cognitive Psychology Unit, Leiden University (The Netherlands)
Does meditation causally alter the cortical travelling waves that underpin the brain's predictive processing mechanisms?
Neil Bailey, Paul Fitzgerald, Bernadette Fitzgibbon, Efstathia Gotsis, Jonathan Krygier, Magelage Prabhavi Perera
School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra (Australia)
The curious child: Unveiling the neurophysiological and parental roots of early curiosity
Maria Spinelli, Prachi E. Shah, Pierpaolo Arturo Croce
Department of Psychology, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara (Italy); Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan (USA)
Understanding the body without sight: Interoceptive and proprioceptive mechanisms in blindness
Giada Lettieri, Veronica Domenici
Molecular Mind Laboratory - MoMiLab, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (Italy)
Brain signatures of cognitive control across different developmental stages (BRAINSIGNS)
Susanne de Rooij, Amber Boots
Department of Epidemiology and Data Science & Amsterdam Reproduction and Development research institute, Amsterdam University Medical Centers (The Netherlands)
The puzzle of self-tickling: From Darwin's observations to modern neuroscience insights
Konstantina Kilteni, Tilman Stephani, Anne Hoffmann
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
Using multi-sensory rhythmic stimulation at gamma frequencies to modulate memory and synaptic plasticity
Simon Hanslmayr, Cassandra Sampaio-Baptista
School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Glasgow (UK)
"Are they still with us": Studying the mechanisms of unusual subjective experiences of grief
Olaf Blanke, Courtney Applewhite
The Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne - EPFL (Switzerland)
The strange case of self-awakenings: Cognitive control and time perception during sleep? A multimodal study
Andrea Galbiati, Elisabetta Fasiello, Francesca Berra, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, Silvia Catena
Sleep Disorder Centre, "Vita-Salute" San Raffaele University, Milan (Italy)
BE-FLEX: Oscillatory brain encodings for flexible execution of bayesian inference
Luca Tarasi, Danilo Carrozzino
Centre for studies and research in Cognitive Neuroscience - CsrNC, University of Bologna (Italy)
Gender differences in psychophysiological responses to urban scenarios: A focus on perceived safety (PER-SAFE)
Giovanna Mioni, Nicola Cellini, Andrea Zangrossi, Giulia Calignano, Jessica Ongaro
Department of General Psychology, University of Padova (Italy)
Neurophysiological mechanisms of mental simulation in humans
Roberto Bottini, Sujaya Neupane
Center for Mind/Brain Sciences - CIMeC, University of Trento (Italy)
2025/03 - 2027/02
Becoming prosocial amidst social media: Neural markers of prosocial behaviour in early adulthood and the effects of social media consumption
Inês Mares, Marie L. Smith, Louise Ewing, Nuno Gomes, Andreia Santiago
William James Center for Research, ISPA – Instituto Universitário, Lisbon (Portugal); Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London (UK); School of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK)
Prefrontal serotonin 1A receptor activation as a key determinant of cognitive flexibility
Nuno Dinis Alves, João Bessa, Luisa Pinto, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Joana Gonçalves, Carina Cunha, Inês Ribeiro, Tawan Carvalho, Joana Macedo, Ana Luísa Ferraz
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute - ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga (Portugal); Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research - CIBIT, University of Coimbra (Portugal)
Brain activity of Episodic Autobiographical memory elicited Through music: An Artificial Intelligence algorithm-based study (BEAT-AI)
Maria Giulia Tullo, Danilo Maurizio
Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara (Italy)
Unusual but filtered minds? A psychophysiology study of sensorimotor gating in people with transpersonal experiences
Veena Kumari, Emmanuelle Peters
Centre for Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience - CNN, Brunel University of London (UK); Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London (UK)
2025/03 - 2027/02
Non-local perception and AI: A study on the intersection of technology and consciousness
Debra Katz, Cindy Miller, Dale Graff, Nancy McLaughlin Walter, Patrizio Tressoldi, Jenifer Prather
International Remote Viewing Association, South Windsor (USA); Department of Research, Monroe Institute (USA); Science of Consciousness Research Group, University of Padova (Italy)
Multimodal Investigation of Meditation with EEG-hyperscanning in Social and Individual Settings (MIMESIS)
Marika Berchicci, Antonio De Fano, Patrique Fiedler, Silvia Comani, Stefano Pagliaro
Department of Psychology, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara (Italy); Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara (Italy); Technische Universität -TU Ilmenau (Germany)
A multimodal characterization of moral decision making: From psychological predictors to psychophysiological markers
Maria Concetta Pellicciari, Simone Migliore, Marco Costanzi
Department of Human Sciences, Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta - LUMSA University, Rome (Italy); Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila (Italy)
2025/01 - 2028/01
Claimed past-life memories: How well do the best cases withstand criticisms and the possibility of conventional explanations?
Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Marieta Pehlivanova, Eric Pires
Research Center in Spirituality and Health - NUPES, Federal University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil); Division of Perception Studies - DOPS, School of Medicine, University of Virginia (USA)
Psychophysiological aspects of the doctor-patient relationship: The role of nonverbal behaviors in placebo and nocebo effects
Magne Arve Flaten, Hojjat Daniali, Ghazaleh Akbarzadeh, Mollie Ruben, Charlotte Fiskum
Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway); Department of Psychology, Rhode Island University (USA)
The psychophysiological and neurocognitive correlates of mindfulness in virtual reality environment (VRMindful)
Ana Ganho-Ávila, Vera Mateus, Andrea Antal, Perianen Ramasawmy, Marco Pereira, Raquel Guiomar, Mónica Sobral, Filipa Santos, Yasmin Vieira
Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention - CINEICC, University of Coimbra (Portugal); Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen (Germany)
2025/02 - 2028/02
The first glimpse: Investigating fetal visual perception in the womb
Joel Frohlich, Hubert Preissl, Katrin Sippel
Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (Germany)
Digital doppelgänger: Psychophysiological exploration of encounters with contrarian AI
Emily S. Cross, Manuel Hendry, Andrea Orlandi
Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, ETH Zurich (Switzerland); Institute for the Performing Arts and Film, Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland)
Charting the phenomenology of under-researched transcendental lysergic-acid-diethylamide (LSD) and N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) psychedelic experiences in healthy individuals: A qualitative project
Kurt Stocker, Matthias Emanuel Liechti
Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel (Switzerland)
2025/02 - 2025/08
The breathing mind: How respiratory phase-related brain oscillations alter the state of consciousness in meditation
Andrea Zaccaro, Francesca Ferri, Mauro Perrucci
Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara (Italy)
Recognizing our past: The roles of self-identification and recognition during a dialogue with one's past self
Marte Roel Lesur, Birgit Kleim, Paulina Zybinska, Bigna Lenggenhager
Department of Psychology, University of Zurich (Switzerland); Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland)
Charting the moral compass: TMS-EEG Investigation of causal brain dynamics in moral judgment
Alessio Avenanti, Kamela Cenka, Yanyan Gao, Alice Marra
Department of Psychology "Renzo Canestrari", University of Bologna (Italy)
Harnessing the power of green and artistic spaces: Enhancing mindfulness to counteract AI and device intrusions
Simone Di Plinio
Department of Neuroscience, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara (Italy)
Understanding the interaction of compassion and mindfulness meditation in shaping self-other interactions
Luca Simione, Salvatore Chiarella, Shaun Gallagher, Antonino Raffone
University of International Studies of Rome (Italy); Department of Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome (Italy)
Deconstructing the self: Impact of non-dual mindfulness meditation on peri-personal space
Antoine Lutz, Olaf Blanke
Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - INSERM, Bron (France); The Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne - EPFL (Switzerland)
Altered states, exceptional experiences, and stable self-transformation over time in contemplative practice
Cecilia Bastos, Marc Wittmann
Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany); Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health - IGPP, Freiburg (Germany); National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Published Reincarnation Case Database (PRCDb)
Ohkado Masayuki, Karen Wehrstein, Robert Giacalone, Alexei Medvedev, Benjamin Bagley, Jacob Williamson, Mark Egan, Aviv Yeshayav
International Centre for Reincarnation Research - ICRR, Ontario (Canada)
2025/02 - 2028/01
Cholinergic dynamics of projections from laterodorsal tegmentum to the nucleus accumbens in associative learning
Bárbara Coimbra, Ana Rodrigues, Carina Soares-Cunha, Ana Domingues, Leandro Aguiar, Tawan Carvalho
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute - ICVS, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga (Portugal)
Investigating the impact of floatation-REST and meditation on interoception and self-consciousness: A study of physiological and subjective changes
Stefan Schmidt, Marc Wittmann, Mathis-Fynn Trautwein, Rebecca Böhme, Cyril Costines
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg (Germany); Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health - IGPP, Freiburg (Germany); Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience - CSAN, Linköping University (Sweden)
Losing the sixth sense: Vestibular contribution to out-of-body experiences and psycho-physiological correlates
Raffaella Ricci, Dalila Burin, Claudio Zavattaro
Space Attention and Action Lab - SAN Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Turin (Italy); ADAPT Centre, Trinity College, Dublin (Ireland)
Individual Differences in Visual Discrimination: Exploring the interplay between neural variability and behaviour - InDi-ViDi
Giulio Contemori, Luca Battaglini, Marco Bertamini
Department of General Psychology, University of Padova (Italy)
Out-of-body experiences: Distinguishing connected consciousness from disconnected consciousness in comatose intensive care survivors
Anne-Françoise Rousseau, Charlotte Boveroux
Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Liège (Belgium); GIGA-Research Center, University of Liège (Belgium)
Mapping the circumstances, phenomenology and impact of After-Death Communications (ADCs): Analysis of new case collections and extension to other cultures
David Lorimer, Evelyn Elsaesser, Sophie Morrison
The Scientific & Medical Network, London (UK)
Mind-to-mind resonance: Measuring and modulating the interpersonal transmission of meditative awareness
Michael Lifshitz, Nicco Reggente, Kathryn Devaney, Guillaume Dumas, Jonas Mago
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal (Canada); Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies, Santa Monica (USA); The Berkeley Alembic Foundation (USA)
Future sight: The cerebellum's role in precognitive perception
Gianluca Malatesta
Department of Psychology, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara (Italy)
The inner working of primate brain during natural sleep
Marco Lanzilotto, Mattia Delgrosso, Chiara Campanello
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma (Italy)
Automated lucid dream induction with sleep EEG wearables at home
Paul Zerr, Martin Dresler, Ali Saberi
Donders Institute Sleep & Memory Lab, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
Affect, consciousness, and moral judgments
Piotr Winkielman
Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego (USA)
A separate reality: Using virtual environments to enhance psi
Mario Varvoglis, Todd Lubart, Samira Bourgeois-Bougrine
Institut Métapsychique International - IMI, Paris (France); Laboratoire Psychologie et d’Ergonomie Appliquée - LaPEA, Paris Cité University (France)
F.O.C.U.S: The role of front-orbito-cerebellar unity in sustained motivation
João Peça, Joana Guedes, Tiago Reis, Emanuel Ferreira Fernandes, Renato Duarte, Ana Luísa Cardoso
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology - CNC, University of Coimbra (Portugal)
The impact of light exposure and cortisol/melatonin misalignment on cognitive performance and well-being in athletes
Cátia Reis, John Axelsson, Carolina Maruta, Francisco Esteves, Luisa Pilz, João Sanches, Joana Coelho
Gulbenkian Institute of Molecular Medicine - GIMM Foundation, Lisbon (Portugal); Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden); Católica Research Centre for Psychological, Family and Social Wellbeing, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon (Portugal)
"Losing yourself to find yourself?": Development of a pattern self-interview protocol for the study of advanced meditative states and traits
Ana Gomez-Carrillo, Nathan Fisher, Michael Lifshitz, Laurence Kirmayer, Jared Lindahl
Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre, Montreal (Canada)