| Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness |
Chalmers, D |
1995 |
Journal of Consciousness Studies |
— |
hard problem |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| An Information Integration Theory of Consciousness |
Tononi, G |
2004 |
BMC Neuroscience |
doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-5-42 |
hard problem |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
1719 |
not retracted |
| The Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness as Pseudoscience |
Fleming, S. et al |
2023 |
— |
doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/zsr78 |
hard problem |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
79 |
not retracted |
| Adversarial Testing of Global Neuronal Workspace and Integrated Information Theories of Consciousness |
Cogitate Consortium |
2025 |
Nature |
doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08888-1 |
hard problem |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
100 |
not retracted |
| Realistic Monism: Why Physicalism Entails Panpsychism |
Strawson, G |
2006 |
Journal of Consciousness Studies |
— |
hard problem |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| Consciousness and Its Place in Nature: Why Physicalism Entails Panpsychism |
Strawson, G |
2024 |
Imprint Academic |
— |
hard problem |
Book |
— |
— |
| Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It |
Koch, C |
2024 |
Basic Books |
— |
hard problem |
Book |
— |
— |
| Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness |
Goff, P |
2019 |
Pantheon Books |
— |
hard problem |
Book |
— |
— |
| Does Panpsychism Entail Anti-Realism? The Worm in the Panpsychist Apple |
Albahari, M |
2026 |
Religious Studies |
— |
hard problem |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell |
Kastrup, B |
2024 |
Iff Books |
— |
hard problem |
Book |
— |
— |
| Hard Problem and Free Will: An Information-Theoretical Approach |
D'Ariano, G.M. & Faggin, F |
2022 |
In F. Scardigli (Ed.), Artificial Intelligence Versus Natural Intelligence. Springer |
doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85480-5_5 |
hard problem |
Book chapter |
32 |
not retracted |
| Irreducible: Consciousness, Life, Computers, and Human Nature |
Faggin, F |
2024 |
Essentia Books |
— |
hard problem |
Book |
— |
— |
| Human Immortality: Two Supposed Objections to the Doctrine |
James, W |
1898 |
— |
— |
hard problem |
Book |
— |
— |
| Matter and Memory |
Bergson, H |
1896 |
— |
— |
hard problem |
Book |
— |
— |
| The Varieties of Religious Experience |
James, W |
1902 |
— |
— |
hard problem |
Book |
— |
— |
| The Principles of Psychology |
James, W |
1890 |
— |
— |
hard problem |
Book |
— |
— |
| Plasticity and Language in the Anaesthetized Human Hippocampus |
Katlowitz, K.A., Cole, E.R., Sheth, S.A. et al |
2026 |
Nature |
doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10448-0 |
the antenna |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
6 |
not retracted |
| Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age |
Carlson, W.B |
2013 |
Princeton University Press |
— |
tesla quote |
Book |
— |
— |
| Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla |
Seifer, M.J |
1996 |
Birch Lane Press |
— |
tesla quote |
Book |
— |
— |
| System of Transmission of Electrical Energy |
Tesla, N |
1900 |
— |
— |
tesla quote |
Patent |
— |
— |
| Bergstresser, R |
|
|
— |
— |
tesla quote |
Self-published (uncorroborated) |
— |
— |
| Wikiquote contributors |
|
|
— |
— |
tesla quote |
Collaborative reference work |
— |
— |
| Towards a Neurobiological Theory of Consciousness |
Crick, F. & Koch, C |
1990 |
Seminars in the Neurosciences |
— |
tesla quote |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| Integrating Information in the Brain's EM Field: The cemi Field Theory of Consciousness |
McFadden, J |
2020 |
Neuroscience of Consciousness |
doi.org/10.1093/nc/niaa016 |
tesla quote |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
152 |
not retracted |
| The Easy Part of the Hard Problem: A Resonance Theory of Consciousness |
Hunt, T. & Schooler, J.W |
2019 |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |
doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00378 |
tesla quote |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
129 |
not retracted |
| A Historical Review of the Problem of Mitogenetic Radiation |
Gurwitsch, A.A |
1988 |
Experientia |
— |
biophotons |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| An Experimental Study of the Problem of Mitogenetic Radiation |
Hollaender, A. & Claus, W.D |
1937 |
Bulletin of the National Research Council No. 100, Washington, D.C |
— |
biophotons |
Report / monograph |
— |
— |
| Pathological Science |
Langmuir, I. & Hall, R.N., ed |
1989 |
Physics Today |
doi.org/10.1063/1.881205 |
biophotons |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
117 |
not retracted |
| Weak Luminescence from the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the Existence of Mitogenetic Radiation |
Quickenden, T.I. & Que Hee, S.S |
1974 |
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
doi.org/10.1016/0006-291x(74)90306-4 |
biophotons |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
67 |
not retracted |
| Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur ultraschwachen Photonenemission biologischer Systeme |
Ruth, B. & Popp, F.A |
1976 |
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung |
— |
biophotons |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| Coherent Radiation from DNA Molecules |
Li, K.H |
1992 |
In Popp, F.A. & Li, K.H. (Eds.), Recent Advances in Biophoton Research and its Application. World Scientific |
— |
biophotons |
Book chapter |
— |
— |
| Biophotons, Coherence and Photocount Statistics: A Critical Review |
Cifra, M., Brouder, C., Nerudová, M. & Kučera, O |
2015 |
Journal of Luminescence |
doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2015.03.020 |
biophotons |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
54 |
not retracted |
| Exploring Ultraweak Photon Emissions as Optical Markers of Brain Activity |
Casey, H., DiBerardino, I., Bonzanni, M., Rouleau, N. & Murugan, N.J |
2025 |
iScience |
doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112019 |
biophotons |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
20 |
not retracted |
| Genomic Instantiation of Consciousness in Neurons Through a Biophoton Field Theory |
Cacha, L.A. & Poznanski, R.R |
2014 |
Journal of Integrative Neuroscience |
doi.org/10.1142/s0219635214400081 |
biophotons |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
27 |
not retracted |
| "Relative State" Formulation of Quantum Mechanics |
Everett, H |
1957 |
Reviews of Modern Physics |
doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.29.454 |
many worlds |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
3406 |
not retracted |
| Quantum Superposition of Molecules Beyond 25 kDa |
Fein, Y. et al |
2019 |
Nature Physics |
doi.org/10.1038/s41567-019-0663-9 |
superposition |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
359 |
not retracted |
| The Large N Limit of Superconformal Field Theories and Supergravity |
Maldacena, J |
1997/1998 |
Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics |
doi.org/10.4310/atmp.1998.v2.n2.a1 |
holographic |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
14631 |
not retracted |
| Importance of Quantum Decoherence in Brain Processes |
Tegmark, M |
2000 |
Physical Review E |
doi.org/10.1103/physreve.61.4194 |
black hole; entanglement |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
770 |
not retracted |
| A Snapshot of Foundational Attitudes Toward Quantum Mechanics |
Schlosshauer, M., Kofler, J., & Zeilinger, A |
2013 |
Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics |
doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2013.04.004 |
quantum myths |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
189 |
not retracted |
| Remarks on the Mind-Body Question |
Wigner, E.P |
1961 |
In I.J. Good (Ed.), The Scientist Speculates. Heinemann |
— |
Living the Question; What This Argument Actually Claims; double slit; superposition |
Book chapter |
— |
— |
| Schrödinger: Life and Thought |
Moore, W.J |
1989 |
— |
— |
superposition |
Book |
— |
— |
| Seek for the Road |
Schrödinger, E |
1925/1964 |
In My View of the World (C. Hastings, Trans.). Cambridge University Press |
— |
superposition |
Book chapter |
— |
— |
| Quantum Cognition: The Possibility of Processing with Nuclear Spins in the Brain |
Fisher, M.P.A |
2015 |
Annals of Physics |
doi.org/10.1016/j.aop.2015.08.020 |
entanglement |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
16 |
not retracted |
| Entanglement and Coherence in Pure and Doped Posner Molecules |
Adams, B., Sinayskiy, I., Agarwal, S., & Petruccione, F |
2025 |
Scientific Reports |
doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-96487-5 |
entanglement |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
1 |
not retracted |
| Satellite-Based Entanglement Distribution Over 1200 Kilometers |
Yin, J. et al |
2017 |
Science |
doi.org/10.1126/science.aan3211 |
entanglement |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
1451 |
not retracted |
| Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 citation |
Nobel Prize in Physics |
2022 |
Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser & Anton Zeilinger |
— |
entanglement |
Award citation |
— |
— |
| Broken Symmetry and the Mass of Gauge Vector Mesons |
Englert, F. & Brout, R |
1964 |
Physical Review Letters |
doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.13.321 |
higgs boson |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
3892 |
not retracted |
| Broken Symmetries and the Masses of Gauge Bosons |
Higgs, P.W |
1964 |
Physical Review Letters |
doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.13.508 |
higgs boson |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
4440 |
not retracted |
| Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles |
Guralnik, G.S., Hagen, C.R., & Kibble, T.W.B |
1964 |
Physical Review Letters |
doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.13.585 |
higgs boson |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
2728 |
not retracted |
| Observation of a New Particle in the Search for the Standard Model Higgs Boson with the ATLAS Detector at the LHC |
ATLAS Collaboration |
2012 |
Physics Letters B |
doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.020 |
higgs boson |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
10735 |
not retracted |
| Observation of a New Boson at a Mass of 125 GeV with the CMS Experiment at the LHC |
CMS Collaboration |
2012 |
Physics Letters B |
doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.021 |
higgs boson |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
9999 |
not retracted |
| Nobel Prize in Physics 2013 citation |
Nobel Prize in Physics |
2013 |
François Englert & Peter W. Higgs |
— |
higgs boson |
Award citation |
— |
— |
| Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in pp Collisions at √s = 7 and 8 TeV |
ATLAS and CMS Collaborations |
2015 |
Physical Review Letters |
— |
higgs boson |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| A Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in the Diphoton Decay Channel |
CMS Collaboration |
2020 |
Physics Letters B |
doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135425 |
higgs boson |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
167 |
not retracted |
| Study of Higgs Boson Pair Production in the HH→bbγγ Final State with 308 fb⁻¹ of Data |
ATLAS Collaboration |
2025 |
— |
— |
higgs boson |
Conference note (preprint-style) |
— |
— |
| Review of Particle Physics |
Navas, S. et al. (Particle Data Group) |
2024, 2025 update |
Physical Review D |
— |
higgs boson |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question? |
Lederman, L.M. & Teresi, D |
1993 |
Houghton Mifflin |
— |
higgs boson |
Book |
— |
— |
| Nobel Prize in Physics 2015 citation |
Nobel Prize in Physics |
2015 |
Takaaki Kajita & Arthur B. McDonald |
— |
superposition |
Award citation |
— |
— |
| First Measurement of Reactor Neutrino Oscillations at JUNO |
JUNO Collaboration |
2025 |
arXiv:2511.14593 |
arxiv.org/abs/2511.14593 |
superposition |
Preprint (arXiv) |
— |
— |
| Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems |
Penrose, R. & Hawking, S |
1965 onward |
— |
— |
Living the Question; What This Argument Actually Claims; black hole; entropy |
Historical/foundational work (multiple papers) |
— |
— |
| Black Holes and Entropy |
Bekenstein, J |
1973 |
Physical Review D |
doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.7.2333 |
holographic |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
7454 |
not retracted |
| Particle Creation by Black Holes |
Hawking, S.W |
1975 |
Communications in Mathematical Physics |
doi.org/10.1007/bf02345020 |
black hole; holographic |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
13060 |
not retracted |
| Dimensional Reduction in Quantum Gravity. In |
't Hooft, G |
1993 |
Salamfest |
arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9310026 |
holographic |
Preprint (arXiv) |
— |
— |
| The World as a Hologram |
Susskind, L |
1995 |
Journal of Mathematical Physics |
doi.org/10.1063/1.531249 |
fine-tuning; holographic |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
4045 |
not retracted |
| The Entropy of Bulk Quantum Fields and the Entanglement Wedge of an Evaporating Black Hole |
Almheiri, A., Engelhardt, N., Marolf, D., & Maxfield, H |
2019 |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
doi.org/10.1007/jhep12(2019)063 |
holographic |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
788 |
not retracted |
| Entanglement Wedge Reconstruction and the Information Paradox |
Penington, G |
2020 |
Journal of High Energy Physics |
doi.org/10.1007/jhep09(2020)002 |
holographic |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
1006 |
not retracted |
| Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 citation |
Nobel Prize in Physics |
2020 |
Roger Penrose |
— |
black hole |
Award citation |
— |
— |
| Consciousness in the Universe: A Review of the 'Orch OR' Theory |
Hameroff, S. & Penrose, R |
2014 |
Physics of Life Reviews |
— |
black hole; entanglement |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| Quantum Computation in Brain Microtubules: Decoherence and Biological Feasibility |
Hagan, S., Hameroff, S.R., & Tuszynski, J.A |
2002 |
Physical Review E |
doi.org/10.1103/physreve.65.061901 |
entanglement |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
386 |
not retracted |
| Ultraviolet Superradiance from Mega-Networks of Tryptophan in Biological Architectures |
Babcock, N.S. et al |
2024 |
Journal of Physical Chemistry B |
doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936 |
black hole; entanglement |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
93 |
not retracted |
| Electrophysiology Using Coaxial Atom Probe Array: Live Imaging Reveals Hidden Circuits of a Hippocampal Neural Network |
Singh, P., Saxena, K., Sahoo, P., Ghosh, S., & Bandyopadhyay, A |
2021 |
Journal of Neurophysiology |
doi.org/10.1152/jn.00478.2020 |
entanglement |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
40 |
not retracted |
| A Quantum Microtubule Substrate of Consciousness Is Experimentally Supported and Solves the Binding and Epiphenomenalism Problems |
Wiest, M.C |
2025 |
Neuroscience of Consciousness |
doi.org/10.1093/nc/niaf011 |
black hole; entanglement |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
26 |
not retracted |
| Letter to the Besso family (March 1955); commentary by Tim Maudlin, IAI (2022) |
Einstein, A |
2022 |
— |
— |
e=mc²; entanglement; present moment |
Primary historical document (letter) |
— |
— |
| Psilocybin Desynchronizes the Human Brain |
Siegel, J.S. et al |
2024 |
Nature |
doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07624-5 |
default mode |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
250 |
not retracted |
| Integrating Meditation and Psychedelics Knowledge to Identify Core Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Minimal Selfhood |
Bunting, A., Reichle, E.D., & Polito, V |
2026 |
Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice |
doi.org/10.1037/cns0000490 |
default mode; dmt |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
0 |
not retracted |
| Meditation-Related Activations Are Modulated by the Practices Needed to Obtain It and by the Expertise: An ALE Meta-Analysis Study |
Tomasino, B., Fregona, S., Skrap, M., & Fabbro, F |
2012 |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |
doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00346 |
near death |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
152 |
not retracted |
| Life After Life |
Moody, R.A |
1975 |
— |
— |
near death |
Book |
— |
— |
| Near-Death Experience in Survivors of Cardiac Arrest: A Prospective Study in the Netherlands |
Van Lommel, P., van Wees, R., Meyers, V., & Elfferich, I |
2001 |
The Lancet |
doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(01)07100-8 |
near death |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
679 |
not retracted |
| AWAreness during REsuscitation – II |
Parnia, S. et al |
2023 |
Resuscitation |
— |
near death |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| AWARE study results, Stony Brook / University of Southampton |
Parnia, S. et al |
2014 |
— |
— |
near death |
Preliminary results (non-peer-reviewed) |
— |
— |
| A Neuroscientific Model of Near-Death Experiences |
Martial, C., Fritz, P., Gosseries, O., et al |
2025 |
Nature Reviews Neurology |
doi.org/10.1038/s41582-025-01072-z |
near death |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
20 |
not retracted |
| Does the Arousal System Contribute to Near-Death Experience? |
Nelson, K.R., Mattingly, M., Lee, S.A., & Schmitt, F.A |
2006 |
Neurology |
— |
near death |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| Research on ketamine and NMDA-receptor models of near-death experience |
Jansen, K.L.R |
1989, 1990, 2000 |
— |
— |
near death |
Historical/foundational work (multiple papers) |
— |
— |
| A Neuroscientific Model of Near-Death Experiences Reconsidered |
Greyson, B. & Pehlivanova, M |
2025 |
Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice |
doi.org/10.1037/cns0000448 |
near death |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
3 |
not retracted |
| Terminal Lucidity in Patients With Chronic Schizophrenia and Dementia: A Survey of the Literature |
Nahm, M. & Greyson, B |
2009 |
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease |
— |
terminal lucidity |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| Paradoxical Lucidity: A Potential Paradigm Shift for the Neurobiology and Treatment of Severe Dementias |
Mashour, G.A., Frank, L., Batthyány, A., Kolanowski, A.M., Nahm, M., Schulman-Green, D., et al |
2019 |
Alzheimer's & Dementia |
doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2019.04.002 |
terminal lucidity |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
71 |
not retracted |
| A Prospective Observational Study of Lucid Episodes in Advanced Dementia |
Gilmore-Bykovskyi, A., Kottler, H., Cochran, A., Dillon, K., Coulson, A., Benson, C., Fehland, J., & Mueller, K |
2025 |
The Gerontologist |
doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaf178 |
terminal lucidity |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
1 |
not retracted |
| Prevalence and Patterns of Unexpected Lucidity Among Deeply Forgetful Patients: Findings From a U.S. Population-Based Study |
Levin, J., Bonhag, R., Johnson, B.R., & Post, S.G |
2026 |
International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine |
doi.org/10.1177/00912174261453176 |
terminal lucidity |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
0 |
not retracted |
| Threshold: Terminal Lucidity and the Border of Life and Death |
Batthyány, A |
2023 |
St. Martin's Essentials |
— |
terminal lucidity |
Book |
— |
— |
| Can Science Reckon With the Human Soul? |
Murray, C |
2025, October 16 |
The Wall Street Journal |
— |
terminal lucidity |
Op-ed / commentary |
— |
— |
| Charles Murray's Unscientific Case for the Soul |
Pinker, S |
2025, October 29 |
The Wall Street Journal |
— |
terminal lucidity |
Op-ed / commentary |
— |
— |
| Pinker Whiffs at My Case for the Human Soul |
Murray, C |
2025, November 5 |
American Enterprise Institute |
— |
terminal lucidity |
Op-ed / commentary |
— |
— |
| Dose-Response Study of N,N-Dimethyltryptamine in Humans. I. Neuroendocrine, Autonomic, and Cardiovascular Effects |
Strassman, R.J. & Qualls, C.R |
1994 |
Archives of General Psychiatry |
— |
dmt |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors in South American Hallucinogenic Plants: Tryptamine and β-Carboline Constituents of Ayahuasca |
McKenna, D.J., Towers, G.H.N., & Abbott, F |
1984 |
Journal of Ethnopharmacology |
doi.org/10.1016/0378-8741(84)90003-5 |
dmt |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
400 |
not retracted |
| DMT Models the Near-Death Experience |
Timmermann, C., Roseman, L., Williams, L., Erritzoe, D., Martial, C., Cassol, H., Laureys, S., Nutt, D., & Carhart-Harris, R |
2018 |
Frontiers in Psychology |
doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01424 |
dmt |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
228 |
not retracted |
| Human Brain Effects of DMT Assessed via EEG–fMRI |
Timmermann, C. et al |
2023 |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2218949120 |
dmt |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
220 |
not retracted |
| DMT-Induced Shifts in Criticality Correlate with Self-Dissolution |
Irrmischer, M., Aqil, M., Luan, L., Wang, T., Engelbregt, H., Carhart-Harris, R., Linkenkaer-Hansen, K., & Timmermann, C |
2026 |
Journal of Neuroscience |
doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.0344-25.2025 |
dmt |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
0 |
not retracted |
| Phenomenology and Content of the Inhaled N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (N,N-DMT) Experience |
Lawrence, D.W., Carhart-Harris, R., Griffiths, R., & Timmermann, C |
2022 |
Scientific Reports |
doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11999-8 |
dmt |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
65 |
not retracted |
| Entity and Environment Relationships in Psychedelic Experiences Resulting From Inhalation of N,N-Dimethyltryptamine |
Kagan, S |
2025 |
Journal of Psychedelic Studies |
— |
dmt |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| Predicting and Exploring Ayahuasca Effects: Perception, Mind-Wandering, and EEG Oscillations |
Silva-Costa, N., Andrade Pessoa, J., Andrade, K.C., Mota-Rolim, S., Palhano-Fontes, F., Araujo, D.B., & Wießner, I |
2025 |
Journal of Psychopharmacology |
doi.org/10.1177/02698811251389563 |
dmt |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
0 |
not retracted |
| Safety, Tolerability and Subjective Effects of Vaporized N,N-Dimethyltryptamine: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial |
Wießner, I. et al |
2025 |
European Neuropsychopharmacology |
doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2025.06.002 |
dmt |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
7 |
not retracted |
| DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences |
Strassman, R.J |
2001 |
Park Street Press |
— |
dmt |
Book |
— |
— |
| N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) Is Neither Formed Nor Retained in Serotonin Terminals in the Rat Brain |
Palner, M., Kolesnik, E., Baun, C., Poetzsch, S.N., & Cumming, P |
2026 |
Neuropharmacology |
doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2026.110874 |
dmt |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
0 |
not retracted |
| An Encounter With Death: A Comparative Thematic and Content Analysis of Naturalistic DMT Experiences and the Near-Death Experience |
Michael, P., Luke, D., & Robinson, O |
2025 |
Frontiers in Psychology |
doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1532937 |
dmt |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
3 |
not retracted |
| Stimulating Illusory Own-Body Perceptions |
Blanke, O., Ortigue, S., Landis, T., & Seeck, M |
2002 |
Nature |
doi.org/10.1038/419269a |
out-of-body experience |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
805 |
not retracted |
| The Out-of-Body Experience: Disturbed Self-Processing at the Temporo-Parietal Junction |
Blanke, O. & Arzy, S |
2005 |
The Neuroscientist |
doi.org/10.1177/1073858404270885 |
out-of-body experience |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
468 |
not retracted |
| The Experimental Induction of Out-of-Body Experiences |
Ehrsson, H.H |
2007 |
Science |
doi.org/10.1126/science.1142175 |
out-of-body experience |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
968 |
not retracted |
| Video Ergo Sum: Manipulating Bodily Self-Consciousness |
Lenggenhager, B., Tadi, T., Metzinger, T., & Blanke, O |
2007 |
Science |
doi.org/10.1126/science.1143439 |
out-of-body experience |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
1277 |
not retracted |
| A Virtual Out-of-Body Experience Reduces Fear of Death |
Bourdin, P., Barberia, I., Oliva, R., & Slater, M |
2017 |
PLOS ONE |
doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169343 |
out-of-body experience |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
120 |
not retracted |
| Human Bodies in Virtual Worlds: A Systematic Review of Implicit Sense of Agency and Ownership Measured in Immersive Virtual Reality Environments |
Girondini, M., Mariano, M., Stanco, G., Gallace, A., & Zapparoli, L |
2025 |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |
doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1553574 |
out-of-body experience |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
8 |
not retracted |
| AWARE—AWAreness during REsuscitation—A Prospective Study |
Parnia, S. et al |
2014 |
Resuscitation |
doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.09.004 |
out-of-body experience |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
239 |
not retracted |
| AWARE Results Finally Published — No Evidence of NDE |
Novella, S |
2014 |
NeuroLogica Blog |
— |
out-of-body experience |
Op-ed / commentary |
— |
— |
| Reincarnation and Biology: A Contribution to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects |
Stevenson, I |
1997 |
Praeger (2 vols.) |
— |
reincarnation |
Book |
— |
— |
| Children Who Claim to Remember Previous Lives: Past, Present, and Future Research |
Tucker, J.B |
2007 |
Journal of Scientific Exploration |
— |
reincarnation |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| Academic Studies on Claimed Past-Life Memories: A Scoping Review |
Moraes, L.J., Barbosa, G.S., Castro, J.P.G.B., Tucker, J.B., & Moreira-Almeida, A |
2022 |
Explore |
doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2021.05.006 |
reincarnation |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
17 |
not retracted |
| Reincarnation: A Critical Examination |
Edwards, P |
1996 |
Prometheus Books |
— |
reincarnation |
Book |
— |
— |
| Perception, Evolution, and the Explanatory Scope of Scientific Theories |
Hoffman, D. & Singh, M |
2024 |
Journal of Consciousness Studies |
doi.org/10.53765/20512201.31.9.029 |
interface theory |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
1 |
not retracted |
| Fitness Beats Truth in the Evolution of Perception |
Prakash, C., Stephens, K.D., Hoffman, D.D., Singh, M., & Fields, C |
2021 |
Acta Biotheoretica |
doi.org/10.1007/s10441-020-09400-0 |
interface theory |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
68 |
not retracted |
| The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes |
Hoffman, D |
2019 |
W.W. Norton |
— |
interface theory |
Book |
— |
— |
| Debunking Interface Theory: Why Hoffman's Skepticism (Really) Is Self-Defeating |
Bagwell, J.N |
2023 |
Synthese |
— |
interface theory |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| Allan, L. Hoffman's Conscious Realism: A Critical Review |
|
|
Rational Realm |
— |
interface theory |
Op-ed / commentary |
— |
— |
| Retrospective Birth Dating of Cells in Humans |
Spalding, K.L., Bhardwaj, R.D., Buchholz, B.A., Druid, H., & Frisén, J |
2005 |
Cell |
doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2005.04.028 |
cell turnover |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
622 |
not retracted |
| Dynamics of Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Adult Humans |
Spalding, K.L., Bergmann, O., Alkass, K., et al |
2013 |
Cell |
doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.05.002 |
cell turnover |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
1822 |
not retracted |
| An Essay Concerning Human Understanding |
Locke, J |
1689 |
— |
— |
cell turnover |
Book |
— |
— |
| Reasons and Persons |
Parfit, D |
1984 |
Oxford University Press |
— |
cell turnover |
Book |
— |
— |
| An Introduction to the Kinetic Theory of Gases |
Jeans, J.H |
1940 |
Cambridge University Press |
— |
cell turnover |
Book |
— |
— |
| De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) |
Lucretius |
c. 55 BCE |
— |
— |
cell turnover |
Book |
— |
— |
| Lucretius, Symmetry Arguments, and Fearing Death |
Warren, J |
2001 |
Phronesis |
doi.org/10.1163/156852801753736508 |
cell turnover |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
35 |
not retracted |
| Lucretius |
Trépanier, S |
2023 |
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
— |
cell turnover |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| Some Effects of Disconnecting the Cerebral Hemispheres |
Sperry, R.W |
1982 |
Science |
doi.org/10.1126/science.7112125 |
split brain |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
464 |
not retracted |
| Split Brain: Divided Perception but Undivided Consciousness |
Pinto, Y., Neville, D.A., Otten, M., Corballis, P.M., Lamme, V.A.F., de Haan, E.H.F., Foschi, N., & Fabri, M |
2017 |
Brain |
doi.org/10.1093/brain/aww358 |
split brain |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
96 |
not retracted |
| Interaction in Isolation: 50 Years of Insights From Split-Brain Research |
Volz, L.J. & Gazzaniga, M.S |
2017 |
Brain |
doi.org/10.1093/brain/awx139 |
split brain |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
88 |
not retracted |
| Full Interhemispheric Integration Sustained by a Fraction of Posterior Callosal Fibers |
Santander, T., Bekir, S., Paul, T., et al., Gazzaniga, M.S., Volz, L.J., & Miller, M.B |
2025 |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2520190122 |
split brain |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
1 |
not retracted |
| Time of Conscious Intention to Act in Relation to Onset of Cerebral Activity (Readiness-Potential) |
Libet, B., Gleason, C.A., Wright, E.W., & Pearl, D.K |
1983 |
Brain |
doi.org/10.1093/brain/106.3.623 |
free will |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
2493 |
not retracted |
| An Accumulator Model for Spontaneous Neural Activity Prior to Self-Initiated Movement |
Schurger, A., Sitt, J.D., & Dehaene, S |
2012 |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1210467109 |
free will |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
530 |
not retracted |
| Neural Precursors of Decisions That Matter—An ERP Study of Deliberate and Arbitrary Choice |
Maoz, U., Yaffe, G., Koch, C., & Mudrik, L |
2019 |
eLife |
doi.org/10.7554/elife.39787 |
free will |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
63 |
not retracted |
| The Readiness Potential and the Soul: What Happens When You Resect Their Seat in the Brain? |
Sjöberg, R.L |
2024 |
Brain |
— |
free will |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| A Multi-Measurement Study of the Relation Between Deliberation and Volition |
Pech, G.P., Caspar, E.A., Pacherie, E., Cleeremans, A., & Maoz, U |
2025 |
Neuroscience of Consciousness |
doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/6qmsf_v3 |
free will |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
0 |
not retracted |
| The Integrated Mind |
Gazzaniga, M.S. & LeDoux, J.E |
1978 |
Plenum Press |
— |
free will |
Book |
— |
— |
| Cerebral Specialization and Interhemispheric Communication: Does the Corpus Callosum Enable the Human Condition? |
Gazzaniga, M.S |
2000 |
Brain |
— |
free will |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| Being No One: The Self-Model Theory of Subjectivity |
Metzinger, T |
2003 |
MIT Press |
— |
self-inquiry |
Book |
— |
— |
| The Elephant and the Blind: The Experience of Pure Consciousness — Philosophy, Science, and 500+ Experiential Reports |
Metzinger, T |
2024 |
MIT Press |
— |
self-inquiry |
Book |
— |
— |
| Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion |
Harris, S |
2014 |
— |
— |
self-inquiry |
Book |
— |
— |
| On Having No Head |
Harding, D |
1961 |
— |
— |
self-inquiry |
Book |
— |
— |
| Śaṅkara |
Dalal, N |
2021 |
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |
— |
self-inquiry |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| The Early Upanishads: Annotated Text and Translation |
Olivelle, P |
1998 |
Oxford University Press |
— |
self-inquiry |
Book |
— |
— |
| The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are |
Watts, A |
1966 |
— |
— |
self-inquiry |
Book |
— |
— |
| Mysticism and Philosophy |
Stace, W.T |
1960 |
— |
— |
oneness |
Book |
— |
— |
| Language, Epistemology, and Mysticism |
Katz, S |
1978 |
In Mysticism and Philosophical Analysis |
— |
oneness |
Book chapter |
— |
— |
| Cosmological Fine-Tuning: The View from 2025 |
Lewis, G., Barnes, L., & Goff, P |
2025 |
Religious Studies |
— |
fine-tuning |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| The Cosmic Landscape: String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design |
Susskind, L |
2005 |
Little, Brown and Company |
— |
fine-tuning |
Book |
— |
— |
| Why? The Purpose of the Universe |
Goff, P |
2023 |
Oxford University Press |
— |
fine-tuning |
Book |
— |
— |
| Dirac's Cosmology and Mach's Principle |
Dicke, R |
1961 |
Nature |
doi.org/10.1038/192440a0 |
fine-tuning |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
375 |
not retracted |
| The Fine-Tuning Argument Against the Multiverse |
Boyce, K. & Swenson, P |
2026 |
The Philosophical Quarterly |
— |
fine-tuning |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| The Evolution of Galaxy Number Density at z < 8 |
Conselice, C. et al |
2016 |
The Astrophysical Journal |
— |
fine-tuning |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |
| New Horizons Observations of the Cosmic Optical Background |
Lauer, T.R. et al |
2021 |
The Astrophysical Journal |
doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abc881 |
fine-tuning |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
79 |
not retracted |
| New Synoptic Observations of the Cosmic Optical Background with New Horizons |
Lauer, T.R. et al |
2024 |
The Astrophysical Journal |
doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad5ffc |
fine-tuning |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
23 |
not retracted |
| Research on the "specious present" and the 2–3 second subjective window |
Pöppel, E |
1997, 2004 |
— |
— |
The Only Place Anything Happens |
Historical/foundational work (multiple papers) |
— |
— |
| The Three-Second "Subjective Present": A Critical Review |
White, P.A |
2017 |
Psychological Bulletin |
— |
The Only Place Anything Happens |
Peer-reviewed journal article |
— |
— |