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- Creating Open Access to a Historic Newspaper from an International Port City [Article]
- Article exploring a collaboration between the University of North Texas' The Portal to Texas History and the Rosenberg Library to archive and provide digital, open access to Galveston's newspapers. It was published as part of the conference proceedings from 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) held in 2022.
- Impact of an Online Education Program on Counselors' Knowledge and Attitudes About Near-Death Experiences
- Results of a study to test knowledge and attitudes among licensed U.S. counselors regarding near-death experiences (NDEs) through surveys administered before and after the counselors completed an online course.
- Spotlight on North Texas: Grant Materials
- These grant materials were prepared for a project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Common Heritage program to digitize, preserve, and provide access to community historical records. The award funded digitization of print and media items related to the motion picture history of Denton County and a lecture highlighting Denton’s film history and materials discovered during the program. For this grant, UNT served as the lead institution and collaborated with the Texas Archive of the Moving Image. The grant materials include a history of Denton County’s involvement in film production and distribution, digitization standards, and a work plan for the project. This proposal was funded for $11,840.
- Unexpected Findings in a Study of Visual Perception During the Naturalistic Near-Death Out-of-Body Experience
- Study of visual perception during the naturalistic near-death out-of-body experience (nND OBE), that aspect of the NDE in which the experiencer seems to view normal physical surroundings from a vantage point outside the physical body, which yielded some unexpected findings that contradicted or augmented previous research. Each of these findings is discussed relative to previous research and analyzed in light of the limitations of the current study.
- Near-Death Verdicality Research in the Hospital Setting: Problems and Promise
- Study of near-death verdicality in the hospital setting. The paper describes problems, both anticipated and unanticipated, that were encountered. Based on the successes and failures of this undertaking, recommendations for future research of this type are presented.
- Visual Perception During Naturalistic Near-Death Out-of-Body Experiences
- Study attempting to ascertain the most appropriate content and placement of visual stimuli in a hospital-based study of the veridicality of out-of-body perception in the near-death experience (NDE), and the likelihood that a subject in such a study would notice, clearly perceive, and accurately recall a visual stimulus.
- Electromagnetic Aftereffects of Near-Death Experiences
- Study investigating electromagnetic effects among near-death experiencers (NDErs), people who reported a close brush with death without an NDE, and people who reported never having been close to death but who used their most life-changing event as a past reference point.
- Does the Arousal System Contribute to Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences? A Summary and Response
- Article acknowledging the viability and potential value of the hypothesis underlying articles suggesting a relationship between near-death experiences (NDEs) and the body's arousal system, but also identifying substantial weaknesses in both the presented lines of evidence and the studies.
- More Things in Heaven and Earth: A Response to "Near-Death Experiences with Hallucinatory Features"
- Article offering alternative arguments and conclusions to those Keith Augustine offered regarding discrepancies between some near-death experiencers' (NDErs') reports of events they perceived during their NDEs and objective information available about those events.
- The Field of Near-Death Studies Through 2001: An Analysis of the Periodical Literature
- Article analyzing literature of the first quarter century of the field of near-death studies.
- Failure to Elicit Near-Death Experiences in Induced Cardiac Arrest
- Article exploring the reasons why near-death experiences may not occur during induced cardiac arrest.
- Out-of-Body Experiences: All in the Brain?
- Article presenting arguments supporting the conclusion that the subtitle claims of an article published in "Nature" were not well-founded and that much research remains to be conducted to unravel the mystery of out-of-body experiences.
- Effect on Emotional Well-Being of Hypnotic Recall of the Near-Death Experience
- Article reporting the preliminary finding of overwhelming psychological benefit of hypnotic recall of near-death experiences, and discussing implications for future research.