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Jelena Martinovic ( Faculty of Biology and Medicine Lausanne) , Prof. Dr. Vincent Barras (Institute of History of Medicine and Public Health IUHMSP, Lausanne).

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  1. Jelena Martinovic ( Faculty of Biology and Medicine Lausanne) , Prof. Dr. Vincent Barras (Institute of History of Medicine and Public Health IUHMSP, Lausanne). Thesis project takes part in the P.h.D. fellowship program Pro *Doc Art & Science (Universities: Lausanne, Berne, Fribourg, Geneva et Zürich). Title of the thesis: Voir, dire et rapporter la NDE (Near-Death Experience) : Une expérience clinique, psychopathologique et mystique / hallucinatoire 1) Aim of the Thesis Research  Historic Investigation about the Emergence / Emersion of the Notion of NDE (Near-Death Experience) among Scientifics (Psychiatric and North-American) during the Period 1970 – 1980. 2) Questions How and where the “extraordinary” (Near-Death Experience) exceeds the personal and spiritual dimension : clinics – experimental settings – psychopathology. OBE as a principal element of NDE (: panoramic view, tunnel, light, encounter with deceased persons, sensation of calm, floating, changes in perception of time and reality, etc.).

  2. « The apparent separation from the physical body, the impression of time moving more slowly, and the hyper alert but narrowly focused cognitive and sensory functioning seen in near-death experiences constitute a reflex adaptive response to a life-threatening danger : potentially fatal crises may induce a focusing on accelerated internal processes, producing a depersonalization ». (Greyson & Stevenson, « The Phenomenology of Near-Death Experiences », American Journal of Psychiatry. 137 ; 10 (October) : 1193 – 1196 : 1196.) Type of NDE; unexpected, provoked. (Extra)-clinical, laboratory context. Type of OBE changes ? °Collection, evaluation, classification of NDE ; Case stories (individual report) Medical diagnostic. Because of the link to depersonalization: epilepsy, depression, phobic-anxiety depersonalization, migraine, hallucinogenic experience. (Epi)-phenomenon Normal – Pathologic 2) Link Thesis and Participation to the course “Corporeal Awarness and Self Consciousness” Analysis of case reports in history of depersonalization, epileptic diagnosis, link to contemporary diagnostics (Neurologic Clinic Geneva, LNCO).

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