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Browse 14 researchers focused on clinical research in consciousness research.
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Adrian Owen
Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience · Western University
Neuroscientist who pioneered the use of fMRI to detect consciousness in patients diagnosed as being in a vegetative state, demonstrating that some can respond to commands through brain activity alone.
Bruce Greyson
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry · University of Virginia
Psychiatrist who developed the Near-Death Experience Scale (1983) and has studied over 1000 NDEs. Leading scientific authority on near-death research.
Christophe Andre
Psychiatrist & Author · Sainte-Anne Hospital (formerly)
French psychiatrist who introduced mindfulness-based meditation into hospital psychiatry in France. Pioneer of clinical mindfulness in European healthcare.
David Nutt
Professor · Imperial College London
Neuropsychopharmacologist and co-founder of Imperial Centre for Psychedelic Research. Former UK drug policy advisor known for evidence-based approach.
Judson Brewer
Director of Research and Innovation · Brown University Mindfulness Center
Neuroscientist and mindfulness expert researching the neuroscience of habit change and addiction. Developed app-based mindfulness treatments.
Marcello Massimini
Professor of Neurophysiology · University of Milan
Neuroscientist who developed the perturbational complexity index (PCI), a TMS-EEG based measure that reliably distinguishes conscious from unconscious brain states in clinical settings including vegetative state patients.
Matthew Johnson
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · Johns Hopkins University
Psychedelic researcher studying psilocybin for smoking cessation and cancer distress. Led the first randomized controlled trial of psilocybin for tobacco addiction.
Melanie Boly
Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry · University of Wisconsin-Madison
Neurologist and neuroscientist specializing in disorders of consciousness, studying how brain activity differs in coma, vegetative states, and minimally conscious states. Her work uses neuroimaging to detect covert awareness.
Pim van Lommel
Cardiologist (retired) · Rijnstate Hospital (former)
Dutch cardiologist who conducted the landmark prospective study of near-death experiences in cardiac arrest survivors, published in The Lancet in 2001. His research challenges the assumption that consciousness is produced by the brain.
Roland Griffiths
Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (Posthumous) · Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Pioneer in the modern scientific study of psychedelics, his landmark 2006 psilocybin study at Johns Hopkins revived legitimate psychedelic research. His work demonstrated lasting positive effects of mystical experiences induced by psilocybin. Deceased 2023.
Sam Parnia
Director of Resuscitation Research · NYU Langone Health
Physician and researcher studying consciousness during cardiac arrest and near-death experiences through the AWARE study.
Steven Laureys
Professor of Neurology · University of Liege
Neurologist and leading expert on disorders of consciousness — coma, vegetative state, and minimally conscious state. Developed clinical tools for detecting covert awareness in brain-injured patients.
Tim Bayne
Professor of Philosophy · Monash University
Philosopher of mind researching the unity of consciousness, theories of consciousness, and disorders of consciousness. His work examines how the many aspects of conscious experience are bound together into a unified whole.
Willoughby Britton
Associate Professor of Psychiatry · Brown University
Clinical psychologist studying the adverse effects of meditation (the "dark night" phenomenon). Her Varieties of Contemplative Experience project documents challenging meditation-related experiences.