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DocumentFinal report - Neurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience and kindred hallucinations of embodiment and the ‘self’2013

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: Visitante: / http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2010
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 23
Title:
2010 Grants
Start date: 2011-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2010-001
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/2010
Title:
001 - Neurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience and kindred hallucinations of embodiment and the ‘self’
Duration: 2011-03 - 2013-05
Researcher(s):
Jason John Braithwaite
Institution(s): Selective Attention and Awareness Laboratory (SAAL) Behavioural Brain Sciences centre, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Bursary agreement
Application form
Correspondence
Financial report and expenditure documents
Progress report
Final report
2 Articles (submitted or published)
2 Posters
1 Conference paper
Language: eng
Author:
Braithwaite, J. J.
Number of reproductions:
3
Keywords:
Psychophysiology and Parapsychology / Out-of-body experience (OBE) / Self / Body awareness

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2010-001.01
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/2010
Title:
Final report - Neurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience and kindred hallucinations of embodiment and the ‘self’
Publication year: 2013
URL:
Visitante: / http://www.bial.com/imagem/Bolsa0110_21022014.pdf
Abstract/Results: RESULTS:
New findings from this project have shown that specific neurocognitive biases do appear to underlie certain anomalous bodily experiences (e.g., the out-of-body experience: OBE). The OBE groups showed distinct profiles on measures of; (i) embodied and disembodied perspective-taking; (ii) measures of cortical hyperexcitability; (iii) measures of the rubber-hand illusion, and its psychophysical correlates; and (iv) instability in temporal-lobe processing. In addition, the current evidence suggests that previous tasks have not been sensitive enough to reveal such important differences. As a consequence, the tasks which have been developed as part of this project for measuring concepts like cortical hyperexcitabiity, perspective-taking, and the rubber-hand illusion have led to a significant contribution that will have a large impact on the field of research. As well as making important contributions to scientific theory, the present project will also lead to important methodological improvements in the assessment of the neurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience and guide future research in the field. Findings from the project have been published in major international peer-reviewed neuroscience journals and more publications are currently being reviewed.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:
By permission
Language:
eng
Author:
Braithwaite, J. J.
Secondary author(s):
Broglia, E.
Document type:
Final report
Number of reproductions:
3
Indexed document:
No
Keywords: Psychophysiology / Parapsychology / Out-of-body experience (OBE) / Cortical hyperexcitability / Embodiment / Rubber hand illusion / Temporal lobe dysfunction / Perspective-taking / Dissociation

Final report - Neurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience and kindred hallucinations of embodiment and the ‘self’

Final report - Neurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience and kindred hallucinations of embodiment and the ‘self’
DocumentNeurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience in the non-clinical population2012

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: Visitante: / http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2010
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 23
Title:
2010 Grants
Start date: 2011-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2010-001
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/2010
Title:
001 - Neurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience and kindred hallucinations of embodiment and the ‘self’
Duration: 2011-03 - 2013-05
Researcher(s):
Jason John Braithwaite
Institution(s): Selective Attention and Awareness Laboratory (SAAL) Behavioural Brain Sciences centre, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Bursary agreement
Application form
Correspondence
Financial report and expenditure documents
Progress report
Final report
2 Articles (submitted or published)
2 Posters
1 Conference paper
Language: eng
Author:
Braithwaite, J. J.
Number of reproductions:
3
Keywords:
Psychophysiology and Parapsychology / Out-of-body experience (OBE) / Self / Body awareness

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2010-001.06
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/2010
Title:
Neurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience in the non-clinical population
Publication year: 2012
URL:
Visitante: / http://www.gold.ac.uk/apru/speakers-archive/abstracts-1112/
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
Recent evidence suggests that the complex neurocognitive processes underlying stable self-awareness and embodiment are not error-proof and can breakdown, leading to striking distortions in body-image and body-based hallucinations. One such hallucination is the Out-of-Body Experience (OBE). The current dominant view is that perspective-taking processes in the temporo-parietal junction regions may sub-serve the shift in perspective underlying the experiential content of the OBE. In this presentation, Dr Braithwaite will review the prior neurological evidence for these assertions and question some of the assumptions surrounding the behavioural tasks employed to investigate these claims. In addition, he will present the latest and most recent findings from his own laboratory showing that (i) previous tasks employed to assess spatial aspects of the OBE are unlikely to be perspective-taking tasks; (ii) non-clinical OBEers display elevated scores on measures of temporal-lobe dysfunction; (iii) OBEers do show specific biases in body-transformation processing – when methodological limitations are addressed; (iv) OBEers display an advantage for elevated perspective-taking tasks relative to controls; and (v) he will present evidence from a new task which has revealed increased levels of cortical hyperexcitabililiy in the OBE population.
Accessibility: Document exists in file (power point presentation)
Copyright/Reproduction:
By permission
Language:
eng
Author:
Braithwaite, J. J.
Document type:
Online abstract
Number of reproductions:
3
Reference:
Braithwaite, J. J. (2012, February). Neurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience in the non-clinical population. Paper presented at Seminar of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, Goldsmiths University college, London, UK. Abstract retrieved from http://www.gold.ac.uk/apru/speakers-archive/abstracts-1112/
Indexed document: No
Keywords: Out-of-body experience (OBE) / Perspective-taking / Temporal lobe dysfunction / Cortical hyperexcitability

Neurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience in the non-clinical population

Neurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience in the non-clinical population
DocumentFractionating the unitary notion of dissociation: disembodied but not embodied dissociative experiences are associated with exocentric perspective-taking2013

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: Visitante: / http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2010
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 23
Title:
2010 Grants
Start date: 2011-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2010-001
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/2010
Title:
001 - Neurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience and kindred hallucinations of embodiment and the ‘self’
Duration: 2011-03 - 2013-05
Researcher(s):
Jason John Braithwaite
Institution(s): Selective Attention and Awareness Laboratory (SAAL) Behavioural Brain Sciences centre, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Bursary agreement
Application form
Correspondence
Financial report and expenditure documents
Progress report
Final report
2 Articles (submitted or published)
2 Posters
1 Conference paper
Language: eng
Author:
Braithwaite, J. J.
Number of reproductions:
3
Keywords:
Psychophysiology and Parapsychology / Out-of-body experience (OBE) / Self / Body awareness

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2010-001.08
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/2010
Title:
Fractionating the unitary notion of dissociation: disembodied but not embodied dissociative experiences are associated with exocentric perspective-taking
Publication year: 2013
URL:
Visitante: / http://www.frontiersin.org/journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00719/abstract
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
It has been argued that hallucinations which appear to involve shifts in egocentric perspective (e.g., the out-of-body experience, OBE) reflect specific biases in exocentric perspective-taking processes. Via a newly devised perspective-taking task, we examined whether such biases in perspective-taking were present in relation to specific dissociative anomalous body experiences (ABE) – namely the OBE. Participants also completed the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (CDS; Sierra and Berrios, 2000) which provided measures of additional embodied ABE (unreality of self) and measures of derealization (unreality of surroundings). There were no reliable differences in the level of ABE, emotional numbing, and anomalies in sensory recall reported between the OBE and control group as measured by the corresponding CDS subscales. In contrast, the OBE group did provide significantly elevated measures of derealization (“alienation from surroundings” CDS subscale) relative to the control group. At the same time we also found that the OBE group was significantly more efficient at completing all aspects of the perspective-taking task relative to controls. Collectively, the current findings support fractionating the typically unitary notion of dissociation by proposing a distinction between embodied dissociative experiences and disembodied dissociative experiences – with only the latter being associated with exocentric perspective-taking mechanisms. Our findings – obtained with an ecologically valid task and a homogeneous OBE group – also call for a re-evaluation of the relationship between OBEs and perspective-taking in terms of facilitated disembodied experiences.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:
By permission
Language:
eng
Author:
Braithwaite, J. J.
Secondary author(s):
James, K., Dewe, H., Medford, N., Takahashi, C., Kessler, K.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
3
Percentiles:
32.83|0.28
Reference:
Braithwaite, J. J., James, K., Dewe, H., Medford, N., Takahashi, C., & Kessler, K. (2013). Fractionating the unitary notion of dissociation: disembodied but not embodied dissociative experiences are associated with exocentric perspective-taking. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 719, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00719
Impact Factor: 2.895|2013
Times cited: 11|2026-02-05
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q2
Keywords: Perspective-taking / Anomalous bodily experiences / Out-of-body experience (OBE) / Dissociation / Depersonalization

Fractionating the unitary notion of dissociation: disembodied but not embodied dissociative experiences are associated with exocentric perspective-taking

Fractionating the unitary notion of dissociation: disembodied but not embodied dissociative experiences are associated with exocentric perspective-taking
DocumentExploring embodiment and perspective-taking in reports of out-of-body experiences in the non-clinical population2012

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: Visitante: / http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2010
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pastas 1 a 23
Title:
2010 Grants
Start date: 2011-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2010-001
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/2010
Title:
001 - Neurocognitive correlates of the out-of-body experience and kindred hallucinations of embodiment and the ‘self’
Duration: 2011-03 - 2013-05
Researcher(s):
Jason John Braithwaite
Institution(s): Selective Attention and Awareness Laboratory (SAAL) Behavioural Brain Sciences centre, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Bursary agreement
Application form
Correspondence
Financial report and expenditure documents
Progress report
Final report
2 Articles (submitted or published)
2 Posters
1 Conference paper
Language: eng
Author:
Braithwaite, J. J.
Number of reproductions:
3
Keywords:
Psychophysiology and Parapsychology / Out-of-body experience (OBE) / Self / Body awareness

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2010-001.09
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/2010
Title:
Exploring embodiment and perspective-taking in reports of out-of-body experiences in the non-clinical population
Publication year: 2012
Accessibility:
Document does not exist in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Braithwaite, J. J.
Secondary author(s):
Broglia, E.
Document type:
Abstract
Number of reproductions:
3
Reference:
Braithwaite, J. J., & Broglia, E. (2012). Exploring embodiment and perspective-taking in reports of out-of-body experiences in the non-clinical population. Cognitive Processing, 13(Suppl. 1), S21-S21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-012-0510-8
Indexed document: Yes
Keywords: Out-of-body experience (OBE) / Hallucinations / Embodiment / Perspective-taking / Self

Exploring embodiment and perspective-taking in reports of out-of-body experiences in the non-clinical population

Exploring embodiment and perspective-taking in reports of out-of-body experiences in the non-clinical population
DocumentAge-related decline in emotional perspective-taking: Its effect on the late positive potential2019

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
URL: Visitante: / http://www.bial.com/pt/
Accessibility: By permission

Reference code: Aging
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/Outros Apoios
Title:
The Aging Social Brain – Neural and behavioral age-related changes in social cognition and decision-making
Duration: 2014-11 - 2018-01
Researcher(s):
João Eduardo Marques Teixeira, Manuel Fernando Santos Barbosa, Fernando Ricardo Ferreira Santos, Pedro Manuel Rocha Almeida, Hugo Daniel Leão Sousa
Institution(s): Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Contents: Application
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Submitted and published articles
Language: por / eng
Author:
Marques-Teixeira, J.
Secondary author(s):
Barbosa, F., Ferreira-Santos, F., Almeida, P. R., Sousa. H.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Psychophysiology / Emotional processing / Empathy / Theory of mind / Moral judgement / Decision making / Aging

Reference code: Aging-12
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 1/Outros Apoios
Title:
Age-related decline in emotional perspective-taking: Its effect on the late positive potential
Publication year: 2019
URL:
Visitante: / https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758%2Fs13415-018-00648-1
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT
Aging is associated with changes in cognitive and affective functioning, which likely shape older adults’ social cognition. As the neural and psychological mechanisms underlying age differences in social abilities remain poorly understood, the present study aims to extend the research in this field. To this purpose, younger (n = 30; Mage = 26.6), middle-aged (n = 30; Mage = 48.4), and older adults (n = 29; Mage = 64.5) performed a task designed to assess affective perspective-taking, during an EEG recording. In this task, participants decided whether a target facial expression of emotion (FEE) was congruent or incongruent with that of a masked intervener of a previous scenario, which portrayed a neutral or an emotional scene. Older adults showed worse performance in comparison to the other groups. Regarding electrophysiological results, while younger and middle-aged adults showed higher late positive potentials (LPPs) after FEEs congruent with previous scenarios than after incongruent FEEs, older adults had similar amplitudes after both. This insensitivity of older adults’ LPPs in differentiating congruent from incongruent emotional context-target FEE may be related to their difficulty in generating information about others’ inner states and using that information in social interactions.
Accessibility: Documento does not exist in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Fernandes, C.
Secondary author(s):
Gonçalves, A. R., Pasion, R., Ferreira-Santos, F., Barbosa, F., Martins, I. P., Marques-Teixeira, J.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
1
Percentiles:
49.42|0.60
Reference:
Fernandes, C., Gonçalves, A. R., Pasion, R., Ferreira-Santos, F., Barbosa, F., Martins, I. P., & Marques-Teixeira, J. (2019). Age-related decline in emotional perspective-taking: Its effect on the late positive potential. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 19(1), 109-122. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-018-00648-1
Impact Factor: 2.206|2019
Times cited: 13|2026-02-11
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q3
Keywords: Aging / Emotional processing / Late positive potentials / N170 / Perspective-taking
DocumentThe aging social brain: neural and behavioral age-related changes in social cognition and decision-making2019

Reference code: PT/FB
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Location: S. Mamede do Coronado
Title:
BIAL Foundation Archive
Start date: 1994
History:
The BIAL Foundation was created in 1994 by Laboratórios BIAL in conjunction with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities. BIAL’s Foundation mission is to foster the scientific study of Man from both the physical and spiritual perspectives.
Along the years the BIAL Foundation has developed an important relationship with the scientific community, first in Portugal and after worldwide. Today it is an institution of reference which aims to stimulate new researches that may help people, promote more health and contribute to new milestones to gain access to knowledge.
Among its activities the BIAL Foundation manages the BIAL Award, created in 1984, one of the most important awards in the Health field in Europe. The BIAL Award rewards both the basic and the clinical research distinguishing works of major impact in medical research.
The BIAL Foundation also assigns Scientific Research Scholarships for the study of neurophysiological and mental health in people, arousing the interest of researchers in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
To date the BIAL Foundation has supported 461 projects, more than 1000 researchers, with research groups in twenty-seven countries, resulting, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, out of which 172 published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Since 1996 the BIAL Foundation organizes the Symposia entitled "Behind and Beyond the Brain", a Forum that gathers well renowned neurosciences speakers and the BIAL Foundation Fellows which are spread around the world.
Classified as an institution of public utility, the BIAL Foundation includes among its patrons the Portuguese President, the Portuguese Universities Rectors' Council and the Portuguese Medical Association.
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Reference code: PT/FB/BL
Entity holding: BIAL Foundation
Title: BIAL Grants
Start date: 1994
History:
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a programme of science research grants with the aim of encouraging the research into Man’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.
Since its launch, applications to the BIAL grants have been increasing. Up to now 461 projects have been supported, involving more than 1000 researchers from 27 countries.
The approved applications have benefited from grants in amounts comprised between €5,000 and €50, 000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific board according to the needs of each project.
The supported projects have originated, until April 2013, in about 600 full papers, 172 out of which were published in indexed international journals with an average impact factor of 3.6 and a substantial number of citations (1665).
Among the BIAL Foundation fellows is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Russia, Germany, Japan, France, Canada, and many others.
The BIAL grants are promoted biannually.

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2016
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2016 Grants
Start date: 2017-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2016-249
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
249 - Healthy aging and economic decision-making: neuropsychophysiological examination of the affect-integration-motivation framework of decision-making in aging brain
Duration: 2018-02 - 2023-04
Researcher(s):
João Marques-Teixeira, Rui Mata, Isabel Martins, Giuseppe Danese, Carina Fernandes, Pasion Rita, Tiago Oliveira Paiva
Institution(s): Laboratory of Neuropsychophysiology, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto (Portugal)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Articles
Author: Marques-Teixeira, J.
Secondary author(s):
Mata, R., Martins, I., Danese, G., Gonçalves, A., Fernandes, C., Pasion, R.
Number of reproductions:
1
Keywords:
Healthy aging / Risk / Economic and social decision-making / Uncertainty / Psychophysiology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2016-249.04
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
The aging social brain: neural and behavioral age-related changes in social cognition and decision-making
Publication year: 2019
URL:
Visitante: / The aging social brain: neural and behavioral age-related changes in social cognition and decision-making
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
Older adults are at increased risk of cognitive deficits and neurological disease, but, paradoxically, they show preserved or even improved performance in emotional processing, in comparison with younger adults. These age-related changes likely shape social cognition and decision-making, but the neural and psychological mechanisms underlying these domains remain poorly understood during aging.
The present research aimed to analyze age-related changes in behavioral and neurophysiological correlates of social cognition and decision-making, as well as the role that cognitive functioning has in these domains. To this purpose, a sample of 30 younger, 30 middle-aged and 29 older adults performed a set of experimental tasks designed to examine five domains of social cognition and decision-making, during EEG recordings. These tasks assessed: (1) emotional identification; (2) theory of mind; (3) social perception; (4) decisionmaking under risk and (5) social decision-making.
Results showed that aging affects some domains of social cognition, preserving others. Specifically, aging appears to preserve emotional identification abilities, which can be mediated by an increased neural processing of the structural and emotional features of the face. However, aging appears to affect emotional perspective-taking abilities, which are fundamental to a preserved theory of mind. Older adults were also less accurate than younger adults at identifying the intentionality of social transgressions, which was found along with a N2 attenuation during the perception of accidental/intentional harms. During decision-making under risk, older adults were less risk-averse than younger adults, preferring smaller losses associated with higher probabilities of losing. Regarding electrophysiological results, middle-aged and older adults had similar amplitudes of the
feedback-related negativity after losses and non-losses, while younger adults had higher amplitudes after non-losses than after losses. Similarly, the amplitudes of the older adults’ feedback-P3 did not differ between gains and non-gains, while younger and middle-aged adults had higher feedback-P3 after gains than after non-gains. Taken together, these results suggest that aging is accompanied by a decline in the ability to adjust economic decisions according to the feedback, which may underlie older adults’ preference for risk-taking. In the last task, older adults showed the best economic strategy, assessed through the Ultimatum Game. However, such strategy may be related with an age-related decline in the neural responses to unfair offers, as shown by similar amplitudes of the medial frontal negativity component after fair and unfair offers.
Interestingly, middle-aged adults were at an intermediate level between younger and older adults in all tasks, both in neural asin behavioral responses to social cues. This suggests that aging effects on social cognition start earlier in adult development, similarly to what happens to several neurocognitive processes. With the exception of emotional identification, working memory and executive functions were correlated with social and decisional abilities. This finding is in accordance with previous results, which showed that neurocognition and social cognition are different, but related constructs.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Notes:
Risk
Author: Fernandes, C.
Document type:
Doctoral thesis
Number of reproductions:
1
Reference:
Fernandes, C. (2019). The aging social brain: neural and behavioral age-related changes in social cognition and decision-making. (Doctoral thesis, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal). Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/132221
Indexed document: No
Keywords: Aging / Decision-making / Risk / Event-related potentials / Emotion identification / Perspective-taking