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Overview

Bruce Greyson is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a notable focus on subfields such as social psychology, physiology, psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics in depth, including paranormal experiences and beliefs, biofield effects and biophysics, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, death anxiety and social exclusion, cold fusion and nuclear reactions, grief, bereavement, and mental health, as well as cardiac arrest and resuscitation.

Bruce Greyson has authored multiple papers, contributing to research across diverse areas associated with consciousness and near-death experiences. Recent papers include:

  • The Near-Death Experience Content (NDE-C) scale: Development and psychometric validation, 2020, Consciousness and Cognition
  • Guidelines and standards for the study of death and recalled experiences of death--a multidisciplinary consensus statement and proposed future directions, 2022, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • Spontaneous remission of dementia before death: Results from a study on paradoxical lucidity, 2020, Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice
  • Which near-death experience features are associated with reduced fear of death?, 2022, Mortality
  • Commentary: Enhanced Interplay of Neuronal Coherence and Coupling in the Dying Human Brain, 2022, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as The Journal of near-death studies, Psychology of Consciousness Theory Research and Practice, Frontiers in Psychology, Consciousness and Cognition, and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. The count of publications in these venues is highest for The Journal of near-death studies, reflecting a sustained interest in this specialized area.

Collaborations constitute an important aspect of their research activity. Frequent co-authors include Pim van Lommel, Steven Laureys, Marieta Pehlivanova, Peter Fenwick, and Natasha Tassell-Matamua, highlighting a network of academic partnerships within the field.

Best Publications

  • Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century

    Edward F. Kelly;Emily Williams Kelly;Adam Crabtree;Alan Gauld

  • The near-death experience scale. Construction, reliability, and validity.

    Bruce Greyson

  • The phenomenology of near-death experiences.

    Bruce Greyson;Ian Stevenson

  • Incidence and correlates of near-death experiences in a cardiac care unit.

    Bruce Greyson

  • AWARE—AWAreness during REsuscitation—A prospective study☆

    Sam Parnia;Ken Spearpoint;Gabriele de Vos;Peter S. Fenwick

  • Dissociation in people who have near-death experiences: out of their bodies or out of their minds?

    Bruce Greyson

  • Distressing near-death experiences.

    Bruce Greyson;Nancy Evans Bush

  • The handbook of near-death experiences: Thirty years of investigation.

    Janice Minor Holden;Bruce Greyson;Debbie James

  • Near‐Death Experiences

    Bruce Greyson

  • NEAR‐DEATH EXPERIENCES AND SPIRITUALITY

    Bruce Greyson

  • The near-death experience as a focus of clinical attention.

    Bruce Greyson

  • A Rasch scaling validation of a 'core' near-death experience.

    Rense Lange;Bruce Greyson;James Houran

  • Consistency of near-death experience accounts over two decades: are reports embellished over time?

    Bruce Greyson

  • Varieties of Near-Death Experience

    Bruce Greyson

  • Do Any Near-Death Experiences Provide Evidence for the Survival of Human Personality after Death? Relevant Features and Illustrative Case Reports

    Bruce Greyson

  • Explanatory models for near-death experiences.

    Bruce Greyson;Emily Williams Kelly;Edward F. Kelly

  • Near-death experiences and personal values.

    Greyson B

  • Near-death encounters with and without near-death experiences: Comparative NDE scale profiles

    Bruce Greyson

  • Near-death experiences and attempted suicide.

    Bruce Greyson

  • The psychodynamics of near-death experiences.

    Bruce Greyson

  • A typology of near-death experiences.

    Greyson B

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian Agrillo
Christian Agrillo University of Padua

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