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Marjorie H. Woollacott

Marjorie H. Woollacott

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Medicine

D-Index
84
Citations
35141
World Ranking
14879
National Ranking
7523

Overview

Marjorie H. Woollacott is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their research largely focuses on areas bridging psychology and medicine, with particular emphasis on social psychology, clinical psychology, physiology, cognitive neuroscience, and health.

The primary topics explored in their work often revolve around paranormal experiences and beliefs, psychedelic and drug studies, biofield effects and biophysics, as well as religion, spirituality, and psychology. Additional interests include mindfulness and compassion interventions, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, and religious studies and spiritual practices.

The scientist's publication record includes a number of papers spanning from 2020 to 2024, with frequent contributions to the journal EXPLORE. Notable recent papers include:

  • Investigation of the phenomenology, physiology and impact of spiritually transformative experiences - kundalini awakening (2020, EXPLORE)
  • Perceptual phenomena associated with spontaneous experiences of after-death communication: Analysis of visual, tactile, auditory and olfactory sensations (2021, EXPLORE)
  • Verified account of near-death experience in a physician who survived cardiac arrest (2020, EXPLORE)
  • Spiritual awakening and transformation in scientists and academics (2022, EXPLORE)
  • Long-term transformational effects of near-death experiences (2024, EXPLORE)

Marjorie H. Woollacott has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Natasha Tassell-Matamua, Chris A Roe, Anne Shumway-Cook, Bruce Greyson, and Jeffrey D. Long. These collaborations have supported contributions across multiple publications.

Their work is distributed among several publication venues, with the largest number of articles appearing in EXPLORE. Other venues include Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics, Frontiers in Psychology, The Journal of Near-Death Studies, and Journal for the Study of Spirituality.

Best Publications

  • Predicting the probability for falls in community-dwelling older adults using the Timed Up & Go Test.

    Anne Shumway-Cook;Sandy Brauer;Marjorie Woollacott

  • Attention and the control of posture and gait: a review of an emerging area of research

    Marjorie H. Woollacott;Anne Shumway-Cook

  • Motor Control: Theory and Practical Applications

    Anne Shumway-Cook;Marjorie H. Woollacott

  • Motor Control: Translating Research into Clinical Practice

    Anne Shumway-Cook;Marjorie H. Woollacott

  • The Effects of Two Types of Cognitive Tasks on Postural Stability in Older Adults With and Without a History of Falls

    Anne Shumway-Cook;Marjorie Woollacott;Kimberly A. Kerns;Margaret Baldwin

  • Aging and posture control: changes in sensory organization and muscular coordination.

    Marjorie H. Woollacott;Anne Shumway-Cook;Lewis M. Nashner

  • Attentional demands and postural control: the effect of sensory context.

    Shumway-Cook A;Woollacott M

  • Visual, Vestibular and Somatosensory Contributions to Balance Control in the Older Adult

    Diane Manchester;Marjorie Woollacott;Niki Zederbauer-hylton;Oscar Marin

  • The Growth of Stability: Postural Control from a Developmental Perspective

    Anne Shumway-Cook;Marjorie H. Woollacott

  • Comprar Motor Control. Translating Research Into Clinical Practice (International Edition) 5th Ed. | Anne Shumway-Cook | 9781496347725 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

    Anne Shumway-Cook;Marjorie H. Woollacott

  • Effects of Single-Task Versus Dual-Task Training on Balance Performance in Older Adults: A Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial

    Patima Silsupadol;Patima Silsupadol;Anne Shumway-Cook;Vipul Lugade;Paul van Donkelaar

  • Attentional Demands and Postural Recovery: The Effects of Aging

    Lesley A. Brown;Anne Shumway-Cook;Marjorie H. Woollacott

  • Changes in Posture Control Across the Life Span—A Systems Approach

    Marjorie Hines Woollacott;Anne Shumway-Cook

  • Balance Control During Walking in the Older Adult: Research and Its Implications

    Marjorie H Woollacott;Pei-Fang Tang

  • Training of balance under single- and dual-task conditions in older adults with balance impairment

    Patima Silsupadol;Ka Chun Siu;Anne Shumway-Cook;Marjorie H. Woollacott

  • Cognitive Influence on Postural Stability A Neuromuscular Analysis in Young and Older Adults

    Julie K. Rankin;Marjorie H. Woollacott;Anne Shumway-Cook;Lesley A. Brown

  • Multisensory training of standing balance in older adults: I. Postural stability and one-leg stance balance.

    Ming-hsia Hu;Marjorie Hines Woollacott

  • Effects of level of meditation experience on attentional focus: is the efficiency of executive or orientation networks improved?

    Davina Chan;Marjorie Woollacott

  • The Interacting Effects of Cognitive Demand and Recovery of Postural Stability in Balance-Impaired Elderly Persons

    Sandra G. Brauer;Marjorie Woollacott;Anne Shumway-Cook

  • Postural Dysfunction During Standing and Walking in Children With Cerebral Palsy: What are the Underlying Problems and What New Therapies Might Improve Balance?

    Marjorie Hines Woollacott;Anne Shumway-Cook

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul van Donkelaar
Paul van Donkelaar University of British Columbia
Meg E. Morris
Meg E. Morris La Trobe University
Ulrich Mayr
Ulrich Mayr University of Oregon
Ulman Lindenberger
Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Christine Assaiante
Christine Assaiante Aix-Marseille University
Fay B. Horak
Fay B. Horak Oregon Health & Science University
Richard B. Ivry
Richard B. Ivry University of California, Berkeley
Kimberly A. Kerns
Kimberly A. Kerns University of Victoria
Lisa Miller
Lisa Miller Columbia University
Gary E. Schwartz
Gary E. Schwartz University of Arizona

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