with Marieta Pehlivanova, Ph.D.
This talk explores insights from decades of near-death experience research, including common features, incidence, their often profound and lasting impact, their spiritual aspects, and their larger implications about the possibility of continuity of consciousness beyond death.
Marieta Pehlivanova, Ph.D., is Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences within the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Dr. Pehlivanova holds a Ph.D. in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from American University.
Her research at the University of Virginia primarily focuses on near-death experiences and children’s reports of purported past-life memories. She is interested in various aspects of these experiences, including cognitive, personality, and genetic factors contributing to their occurrence, veridical perceptions reported by experiencers, their impact on individuals, cross-cultural comparisons, and the development of support resources within healthcare settings for those who have such experiences.