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DocumentNeuroscience and anomalous experience: Cortical hyperexcitability and the out-of-body experience2014

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: 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-2012
Location: SEC PCA
Title:
2012 Grants
Start date: 2013-02

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012-021
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 8/2012
Title:
021 - The depersonalized brain: Psychophysiological correlates of cortical hyperexcitability associated with signs of depersonalization, derealization and dissociation, in non-clinical samples
Duration: 2013-06 - 2015-09
Researcher(s):
Jason John Braithwaite
Institution(s): Behavioural Brain Sciences Centre, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham (UK)
Contents: Contents:
Bursary agreement
Application form
Correspondence
Progress report
Final report
Language: eng
Author:
Braithwaite, J. J.
Number of reproductions:
3
Keywords:
Psychophysiology and Parapsychology / Biopsychological problems / Mental health / Dissociative disorders / Anomalous cognition/experiences

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2012-021.02
Location: Arquivo PCA - Pasta 8/2012
Title:
Neuroscience and anomalous experience: Cortical hyperexcitability and the out-of-body experience
Publication year: 2014
URL:
http://abstracts.bps.org.uk/index.cfm?&ResultsType=Abstracts&ResultSet_ID=10970&FormDisplayMode=view&frmShowSelected=true&localAction=details
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
OBJECTIVES:
Striped patterns (i.e. gratings) with a spatial frequency of three cycles-per-degree of visual angle are known to produce visual discomfort, induce phantom visual distortions and somatic sensations in susceptible observers. These phenomena have been termed ‘pattern-glare’ and are thought to reflect increased degrees of cortical hyperexcitability and be associated with visual hallucinations/aura. The present objective was to examine these signs of cortical hyperexcitability in non-clinical individuals predisposed to out-of-body experiences (OBEs).
DESIGN:
A within-subjects design was used. Participants completed questionnaire measures indexing their predisposition to specific anomalous perceptions (and the existence of OBEs) and then took part a pattern-glare task for a measure of cortical hyperexcitability.
METHODS:
A random sample of 50 non-clinical university undergraduates was recruited. A computer-based pattern-glare experiment, where participants viewed gratings of different spatial frequencies, was devised to examine degrees of cortical hyperexcitability in non-clinical hallucinators and control participants. Data were analysed via standard parametric and non-parametric procedures.
RESULTS:
Increased signs of cortical hyperexcitability (signified by increased ratings of visual irritability and increased numbers of phantom visual/somatic distortions from viewing certain striped gratings) significantly correlated with the incidence of OBEs and scores from independent questionnaire measures of anomalous perceptions.
CONCLUSIONS:
Pattern-glare tasks are sensitive to underlying cortical factors implicated in some somatic distortions and body-based hallucinations like the OBE. As a consequence, these tasks show considerable promise in their objective utility to identify neurocognitive factors underlying positive hallucinatory symptomology across a range of hallucinatory-prone non-clinical, neurological and clinical groups (e.g. Depersonalisation, Schizophrenia/Schizotypy, Dissociative disorders, Psychoses).
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Copyright/Reproduction:
By permission
Language:
eng
Author:
Takahashi, C.
Secondary author(s):
Braithwaite, J. J.
Document type:
Online abstract
Number of reproductions:
3
Reference:
Takahashi, C., & Braithwaite, J. J. (2014, May). Neuroscience and anomalous experience: Cortical hyperexcitability and the out-of-body experience. Paper presented at the Annual conference of the British Psychological Society, Birmingham, UK. Abstract retrieved from http://abstracts.bps.org.uk/index.cfm?&ResultsType=Abstracts&ResultSet_ID=10970&FormDisplayMode=view&frmShowSelected=true&localAction=details
Indexed document: No
Keywords: Out-of-body experience (OBE) / Cortical hyperexcitability / Pattern-glare

Neuroscience and anomalous experience: Cortical hyperexcitability and the out-of-body experience

Neuroscience and anomalous experience: Cortical hyperexcitability and the out-of-body experience