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File191 - Understanding the brain mechanisms of death-denial for fostering mindfulness-based existential resilience2022-012024-01

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-2020
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2020 Grants
Start date: 2021-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-191
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
191 - Understanding the brain mechanisms of death-denial for fostering mindfulness-based existential resilience
Duration: 2022-01 - 2024-01
Researcher(s):
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Yair Dor-Ziderman
Institution(s): The Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center, University of Haifa (Israel); Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University (Israel)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Article
Language: eng
Author:
Berkovich-Ohana, A.
Secondary author(s):
Dor-Ziderman, Y.
Number of reproductions:
2
Keywords:
Self-flexibility / Mindfulness / Magnetoencephalography / Death-denial / Psychophysiology and Parapsychology
DocumentAyahuasca-induced personal death experiences: prevalence, characteristics, and impact on attitudes toward death, life, and the environment2023

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-2020
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2020 Grants
Start date: 2021-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-191
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
191 - Understanding the brain mechanisms of death-denial for fostering mindfulness-based existential resilience
Duration: 2022-01 - 2024-01
Researcher(s):
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Yair Dor-Ziderman
Institution(s): The Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center, University of Haifa (Israel); Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University (Israel)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Article
Language: eng
Author:
Berkovich-Ohana, A.
Secondary author(s):
Dor-Ziderman, Y.
Number of reproductions:
2
Keywords:
Self-flexibility / Mindfulness / Magnetoencephalography / Death-denial / Psychophysiology and Parapsychology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-191.02
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Ayahuasca-induced personal death experiences: prevalence, characteristics, and impact on attitudes toward death, life, and the environment
Publication year: 2023
URL:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1287961/full
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
Introduction: Despite an emerging understanding regarding the pivotal mechanistic role of subjective experiences that unfold during acute psychedelic states, very little has been done in the direction of better characterizing such experiences and determining their long-term impact. The present paper utilizes two cross-sectional studies for spotlighting – for the first time in the literature – the characteristics and outcomes of self-reported past experiences related to one’s subjective sense of death during ayahuasca ceremonies, termed here Ayahuasca-induced Personal Death (APD) experiences.
Methods: Study 1 (n = 54) reports the prevalence, demographics, intensity, and impact of APDs on attitudes toward death, explores whether APDs are related with psychopathology, and reveals their impact on environmental concerns. Study 2 is a larger study (n = 306) aiming at generalizing the basic study 1 results regarding APD experience, and in addition, examining whether APDs is associated with self-reported coping strategies and values in life.
Results: Our results indicate that APDs occur to more than half of those participating in ayahuasca ceremonies, typically manifest as strong and transformative experiences, and are associated with an increased sense of transcending death (study 1), as well as the certainty in the continuation of consciousness after death (study 2). No associations were found between having undergone APD experiences and participants’ demographics, personality type, and psychopathology. However, APDs were associated with increased self-reported environmental concern (study 1). These experiences also impact life in profound ways. APDs were found to be associated with increases in one’s self-reported ability to cope with distress-causing life problems and the sense of fulfillment in life (study 2).
Discussion: The study’s findings highlight the prevalence, safety and potency of death experiences that occur during ayahuasca ceremonies, marking them as possible mechanisms for psychedelics’ long-term salutatory effects in non-clinical populations. Thus, the present results join other efforts of tracking and characterizing the profound subjective experiences that occur during acute psychedelic states.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
David, J.
Secondary author(s):
Bouso, J. C., Kohek, M., Ona, G., Tadmor, N., Arnon, T., Dor-Ziderman, Y., Berkovich-Ohana, A.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
2
Percentiles:
7
Reference:
David, J., Bouso, J. C., Kohek, M., Ona, G., Tadmor, N., Arnon, T., Dor-Ziderman, Y., & Berkovich-Ohana, A. (2023). Ayahuasca-induced personal death experiences: prevalence, characteristics, and impact on attitudes toward death, life, and the environment. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1287961. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1287961
2-year Impact Factor: 4.7|2022
Impact factor notes: Impact factor not available yet for 2023
Times cited: 0|2024-02-16
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q2
Keywords: Ayahuasca / Psychedelics / Death / Self / Environmental concern / Coping / Life fulfillment

Ayahuasca-induced personal death experiences: prevalence, characteristics, and impact on attitudes toward death, life, and the environment

Ayahuasca-induced personal death experiences: prevalence, characteristics, and impact on attitudes toward death, life, and the environment
DocumentSuspending the embodied self in meditation attenuates beta oscillations in posterior medial cortexin press

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-2020
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2020 Grants
Start date: 2021-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-191
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
191 - Understanding the brain mechanisms of death-denial for fostering mindfulness-based existential resilience
Duration: 2022-01 - 2024-01
Researcher(s):
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Yair Dor-Ziderman
Institution(s): The Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center, University of Haifa (Israel); Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University (Israel)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Article
Language: eng
Author:
Berkovich-Ohana, A.
Secondary author(s):
Dor-Ziderman, Y.
Number of reproductions:
2
Keywords:
Self-flexibility / Mindfulness / Magnetoencephalography / Death-denial / Psychophysiology and Parapsychology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-191.03
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Suspending the embodied self in meditation attenuates beta oscillations in posterior medial cortex
Publication year: in press
Accessibility:
Document does exist in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Trautwein F-M.
Secondary author(s):
Schweitzer, Y., Dor-Ziderman, Y., Nave, O., Ataria, Y., Fulder, S., Berkovich-Ohana, A.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
3
Reference:
Trautwein F-M., Schweitzer, Y., Dor-Ziderman, Y., Nave, O., Ataria, Y., Fulder, S., & Berkovich-Ohana, A. (in press). Suspending the embodied self in meditation attenuates beta oscillations in posterior medial cortex. Journal of Neuroscience.
2-year Impact Factor: 5.3|2022
Impact factor notes: Impact factor not available yet for 2024
Times cited: N/Y
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
DocumentFinal report - Understanding the brain mechanisms of death-denial for fostering mindfulness-based existential resilience2023

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-2020
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2020 Grants
Start date: 2021-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-191
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
191 - Understanding the brain mechanisms of death-denial for fostering mindfulness-based existential resilience
Duration: 2022-01 - 2024-01
Researcher(s):
Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Yair Dor-Ziderman
Institution(s): The Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center, University of Haifa (Israel); Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University (Israel)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Final report
Article
Language: eng
Author:
Berkovich-Ohana, A.
Secondary author(s):
Dor-Ziderman, Y.
Number of reproductions:
2
Keywords:
Self-flexibility / Mindfulness / Magnetoencephalography / Death-denial / Psychophysiology and Parapsychology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-191.01
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Final report - Understanding the brain mechanisms of death-denial for fostering mindfulness-based existential resilience
Publication year: 2023
Abstract/Results:
ABSTRACT:
Background
Virtually all human wisdom traditions, East and West, from the Buddhist contemplative tradition to the Greek Stoics to existential philosophy recognize that the path to human post-conventional development passes through the experiential realization, and acceptance, of one’s ultimate and inevitable cessation. We term this mental quality of facing up to one’s death as existential resilience. We recently showed using a magnetoencephalogram (MEG) visual mismatch-response paradigm that prediction-based mechanisms mediate death-denial by shielding the self from existential threat. However, whether this protective mechanism which operates on early self-specific perceptual processes is amenable to change by mental training is unknown.
Aims
Building on this neurophysiological death-denial paradigm we aimed to: (1) gain understanding of the basic neural implementation, resilience factors, and downstream implications of death-denial, and (2) assess its regulation by mindfulness, with altered self-processing as the mechanism-of-action.
Method
Two cohorts consisting of meditation practitioners (n=38) and meditation-naïve participants (n=50) completed questionnaires and underwent the MEG death-denial task. In addition, the meditators voluntarily entered self-dissolution states in the lab and underwent phenomenological interviews for experientially mapping these states.
Results
Our results indicated that meditators’ brain evidenced an acceptance rather than denial of death, in a manner indicating increased well-being. Furthermore, death acceptance was predicted by positive valence, but not by depth, of the lab-induced dissolution experiences. Meditation-naïve data further indicated that death denial defenses collapsed due to the prolonged real-life existential terror of Covid19, and in turn, impacted participants’ concern towards the environment.
Conclusions
Based on the results we can conclude that the neural mechanisms underlying the human death denial system are plastic and change as an adaptive response to severe external circumstances involving acute and prolonged elevated levels of mortality salience, but also as a result mindfulness mind training. Additionally, we presented initial evidence that wholesome self-dissolution experiences may act a mechanisms-of-change. These results open up the field for longitudinal studies of the efficacy of targeted mindfulness-based existential interventions aiming at fostering existential resilience.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Berkovich-Ohana, A.
Secondary author(s):
Dor-Ziderman, Y.
Document type:
Final report
Number of reproductions:
3
Reference:
Berkovich-Ohana, A., & Dor-Ziderman, Y. (2023). Final report - Understanding the brain mechanisms of death-denial for fostering mindfulness-based existential resilience.
Indexed document: No
Keywords: Death-denial / Mindfulness meditation / Existential resilience / Self-dissolution / Magnetoencephalography

Final report - Understanding the brain mechanisms of death-denial for fostering mindfulness-based existential resilience

Final report - Understanding the brain mechanisms of death-denial for fostering mindfulness-based existential resilience