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File081 - EEG correlates of unusual bodily sensations and out-of-body experiences across the wake-sleep cycle2025-04

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-2024
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2024 Grants
Start date: 2025-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2024-081
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
081 - EEG correlates of unusual bodily sensations and out-of-body experiences across the wake-sleep cycle
Duration: 2025-04
Researcher(s):
Gustavo Deco, Teresa Campillo-Ferrer
Institution(s): Department of Engineering, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona (Spain)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Language: eng
Notes:
Ongoing project
Author: Deco, G.
Secondary author(s):
Campillo-Ferrer, T.
Number of reproductions:
3
Keywords:
Unusual bodily experiences / Out-of-body experiences / Altered perception / Altered states of consciousness / Psychophysiology and Parapsychology
File178 - Set, setting and entourage effects on psychedelic experiences2025-10

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-2024
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2024 Grants
Start date: 2025-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2024-178
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
178 - Set, setting and entourage effects on psychedelic experiences
Duration: 2025-10
Researcher(s):
Michiel van Elk, Etzel Cardeña
Institution(s): PRSM Lab, Cognitive Psychology Unit, Leiden University (The Netherlands)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Language: eng
Notes:
Ongoing project
Author: van Elk, M.
Secondary author(s):
Cardeña, E.
Number of reproductions:
3
Keywords:
Psychedelics / Altered states of consciousness / Substance / Set and setting / Entourage-effect / Psychophysiology and Parapsychology
DocumentDecoding the self: Single-trial prediction of self-boundary meditation states from magnetoencephalography recordings2026

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-2020-293
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
293 - Closing the loop: Using real-time EEG to mutually enlighten first and third-person perspectives on the self
Duration: 2021-10
Researcher(s):
Fynn-Mathis Trautwein, Lukas Hecker, Stefan Schmidt
Institution(s): Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg (Germany)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Language: eng
Notes:
Ongoing project
Author: Trautwein, F. -M.
Secondary author(s):
Hecker, L., Schmidt, S.
Number of reproductions:
3
Keywords:
Self / Neurophenomenology / Neurofeedback / Meditation / Psychophysiology and Parapsychology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2020-293.02
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Decoding the self: Single-trial prediction of self-boundary meditation states from magnetoencephalography recordings
Publication year: 2026
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70440
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
The sense of self is a multidimensional feature of human experience. Different dimensions of self-experience can change drastically during altered states of consciousness induced through meditation or psychedelic drugs, as well as in a variety of mental disorders. Some experienced meditation practitioners are able to modulate their sense of self deliberately, which allows for a direct comparison between an active and suspended sense of self. Meditation therefore has the potential to serve as a model-system for alterations in the sense of self. The current study aims to identify a neural marker of such meditation-induced alterations in the sense of self based on magnetoencephalography (MEG) recordings of meditation practitioners (N = 41). Participants alternated between a state of reduced sense of self, termed self-boundary dissolution, a resting state and a control meditation state of maintaining their sense of self. Machine learning methods were used to find multivariate patterns of brain activity which distinguish these states on a single-trial basis. Source band power and Lempel-Ziv complexity features allowed to predict the mental state from MEG recordings with significantly above-chance accuracy (> 0.5). The highest performance was obtained for the self-boundary dissolution versus rest classification based on Lempel-Ziv complexity, which showed an average accuracy of ~0.64 when training and testing were performed on data from the same individual (within-participant prediction) and ~0.57 when models trained on one group of individuals were tested on different participants (across-participant prediction). Potential applications include decoded neurofeedback, for example, for clinical treatments of disorders of the sense of self, or for assistance in meditation training.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Röhr, H.
Secondary author(s):
Atad, D. A., Trautwein, F., Mediano, P. A. M., Dor-Ziderman, Y.
Document type:
Article
Number of reproductions:
3
Reference:
Röhr, H., Atad, D. A., Trautwein, F., Mediano, P. A. M., & Dor-Ziderman, Y. (2026). Decoding the self: Single-trial prediction of self-boundary meditation states from magnetoencephalography recordings. Human Brain Mapping, 47, e70440. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70440
2-year Impact Factor: 3.3|2024
Impact factor notes: Impact factor not available yet for 2025
Times cited: 0|2026-02-17
Indexed document: Yes
Quartile: Q1
Keywords: Sense of self / Self-boundary dissolution / Meditation / Altered states of consciousness

Decoding the self: Single-trial prediction of self-boundary meditation states from magnetoencephalography recordings

Decoding the self: Single-trial prediction of self-boundary meditation states from magnetoencephalography recordings
DocumentViscereality: A bioresponsive VR system for breath-based interactions and coupled oscillator dynamics to augment altered states of consciousness2025

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-2022
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
2022 Grants
Start date: 2023-01

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2022-308
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
308 - Altered states of viscereality: Augmenting breathwork with bio-responsive virtual reality
Duration: 2023-10
Researcher(s):
Bigna Lenggenhager, Oliver Deussen, George Fejer, Isabella Pasqualini
Institution(s): Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz (Germany)
Contents: Contents:
Application form
Correspondence
Research Funding Agreement
Progress report
Language: eng
Notes:
Ongoing project
Author: Lenggenhager, B.
Secondary author(s):
Deussen, O., Fejer, G., Pasqualini, I.
Number of reproductions:
3
Keywords:
Breathwork / Virtual reality / Biofeedback / Respiration / Psychophysiology and Parapsychology

Reference code: PT/FB/BL-2022-308.02
Location: BF-GMS
Title:
Viscereality: A bioresponsive VR system for breath-based interactions and coupled oscillator dynamics to augment altered states of consciousness
Publication year: 2025
URL:
https://doi.org/10.18420/muc2025-mci-ws11-174
Abstract/Results: ABSTRACT:
We introduce a bioresponsive virtual reality system that maps users' breathing patterns to dynamic, spatialized visual feedback. The system implements Gestalt principles, such as good figure, similarity, and symmetry, within a 3D particle-based environment to enhance the embodiment of interoceptive and exteroceptive space, aiming to blur the subjective boundary between bodily self and the external virtual space. Moreover, the system incorporates coupling kernels within a dynamic system composed of Kuramoto oscillators, enabling the emergence of geometric visual symmetries during breath retention phases. This architecture provides an experimental framework for investigating how visual–respiratory coupling of space can influence perceived bodily boundaries and peripersonal space, as well as for testing how such coupling affects positively valenced aspects of subjective experience, drawing on principles from the Symmetry Theory of Valence. A short video summary of the system is available at: https://osf.io/4enfg.
Accessibility: Document exists in file
Language:
eng
Author:
Fejer, G.
Secondary author(s):
Holzapfel, T., Gómez-Emilsson, A., Hirvonen, T., Jermaks, R., Blum, J., Lobser, D., Lalidis Mateo, A., Glowacki, D., Gaebler, M., Lenggenhager, B.
Document type:
Conference paper
Number of reproductions:
3
Reference:
Fejer, G., Holzapfel, T., Gómez-Emilsson, A., Hirvonen, T., Jermaks, R., Blum, J., Lobser, D., Lalidis Mateo, A., Glowacki, D., Gaebler, M., & Lenggenhager, B. (2025). Viscereality: A bioresponsive VR system for breath-based interactions and coupled oscillator dynamics to augment altered states of consciousness. In Mensch und Computer 2025 – Workshopband (pp. 10–18420). Gesellschaft für Informatik e. V. https://doi.org/10.18420/muc2025-mci-ws11-174
Indexed document: No
Keywords: Virtual reality / Bioresponsive systems / Visual-respiratory coupling / Oscillator dynamics / Altered states of consciousness

Viscereality: A bioresponsive VR system for breath-based interactions and coupled oscillator dynamics to augment altered states of consciousness

Viscereality: A bioresponsive VR system for breath-based interactions and coupled oscillator dynamics to augment altered states of consciousness