ELSH - Topics
History, Philosophy and Methodology of Research in SH
Impact of Religiousness in Health and Substance Use
Therapeutic Interventions and Spirituality
Spiritual Experiences (trance, mediumship, near-death experiences etc.)
Thanatology (studies about death and dying)
Articles in Science Communication
Spiritual Experiences (trance, mediumship, near-death experiences etc.)
Neuroimaging during trance state: a contribution to the study of dissociation
Peres JF, Moreira-Almeida A, Caixeta L, Leao F, Newberg A.
PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e49360
Menezes A,Alminhana L, Moreira-Almeida A
Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica 2012; 39:203-207
Moreira-Almeida A, Cardeña E
Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr. 2011, 33 (suppl.1): s21-s28.
Religion, spirituality, and psychosis
Menezes A Jr, Moreira-Almeida A.
Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2010 Jun;12(3):174-9.
The Neurobiology of Trance and Mediumship in Brazil
Hageman, J. H. ; Peres JFP ; Moreira-Almeida, A ; Caixeta, L. ; Wickramasekera II, I. ; Krippner, S.
In: Krippner, S.; Friedman, H.. (Org.). Mysterious Minds: The Neurobiology of Psychics, Mediums and other Extraordinary People. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger/ ABC Clio, 2010, (p. 85-111).
Differential diagnosis between spiritual experiences and mental disorders of religious content
Menezes Junior, Adair de & Moreira-Almeida, Alexander.
Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica 36(2): 75-82, 2009.
Differentiating spiritual from psychotic experiences
Moreira-Almeida A.
Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Oct;195(4):370-1
Neglected Near-Death Phenomena
Carlos Alvarado
Journal of Near-Death Studies, 24, 131-151.
Survey Of Claimed Encounters With The Dead
Erlendur Haraldsson
Omega, the Journal of Death and Dying, 19(2), 103-113, 1988-9
Psychic Experiences in the Multi-National Human Values Survey
Erlendur Haraldsson & Joop M. Houtkooper
Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research. 85(2), 145-165, 1991.
Three randomly selected cases of Lebanese children who claim memories of a previous life
Erlendur Haraldsson and Majd Abu-Izzedin
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. 68(2): 65-85, 2004.
Children who speak of past-life experiences: Is there a psychological explanation?
Erlendur Haraldsson
Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory Research and Practice. 76(1): 55-67, 2003.
The Similarity of Features of Reincarnation Type Cases over Many Years: A Third Study
Ian Stevenson and Erlendur Haraldsson
Journal of Scientific Exploration, 17(2):283-289, 2003.
Erlendur Haraldsson, Patrick Fowler & Vimala Periyannanpillai
Transcultural Psychiatry, 37, 525-544, 2000.
Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century - Book Review
Alexander Moreira-Almeida & Harold Koenig
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 196(4):345-6, 2008.
Dissociative and psychotic experiences in Brazilian spiritist mediums
Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Francisco Lotufo Neto, Bruce Greyson.
Psychotherapy and Psychosomomatics 76(1):57-8, 2007.
Erratum in: Psychother Psychosom. ;76(3):185, 2007.
Comparison of Brazilian spiritist mediumship and dissociative identity disorder
Alexander Moreira-Almeida, Francisco Lotufo Neto, Etzel Cardeña.
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 196(5):420-4, 2008
Near-death experience: clinical implications
Bruce Greyson
Revista de Psiquiatria Clinica 2007, vol.34, suppl.1, p.116-125
Visionary Spiritual Experiences and Cognitive Aspects of Spiritual Transformation
David J. Hufford
The Global Spiral 9(5), 2008.Metanexus Foundation.