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  1. Exploring Mystical-Type Experiences Through Auto-Induced Cognitive Trance

    Article • International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, December 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Thorsen Professor Etzel Cardeña

  2. Editorial overview: Consciousness on the borders of life and death

    Article • Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  3. A Virtual Clinical Trial of Psychedelics to Treat Patients With Disorders of Consciousness

    Article • Advanced Science, November 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  4. Near‐Death Experience During Emergency Ketamine Use: A Case Report

    Article • Brain and Behavior, October 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  5. The central clinical relevance of near-death experiences in acute care contexts: identification, prediction, and management

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, July 2025, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  6. Reply to ‘Perils and pitfalls of near-death experience research’

    Article • Nature Reviews Neurology, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Prof. Vincent LG Bonhomme

  7. Reply to ‘Limitations of neurocentric models for near-death experiences’

    Article • Nature Reviews Neurology, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Prof. Vincent LG Bonhomme

  8. The effectiveness and user preferences of two tactile breathing devices in reducing stress in stressed individuals: A mixed methods study

    Article • International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, July 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  9. Author Correction: A neuroscientific model of near-death experiences

    Article • Nature Reviews Neurology, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Prof. Vincent LG Bonhomme

  10. Psilocybin for disorders of consciousness: A case-report study

    Article • Clinical Neurophysiology, May 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  11. A neuroscientific model of near-death experiences

    Article • Nature Reviews Neurology, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Prof. Vincent LG Bonhomme

  12. Cross-cultural adaptation and multicentric validation of the Italian version of the Simplified Evaluation of CONsciousness Disorders (SECONDs)

    Article • PLOS One, February 2025, PLOS

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  13. Understanding individual differences in non-ordinary state of consciousness: Relationship between phenomenological experiences and autonomic nervous system

    Article • International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  14. Neurophysiological Markers of (Dis)Connectedness: Insights from Ketamine

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  15. A Pilot Human Study Using Ketamine To Treat Disorders of Consciousness

    Article • iScience, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  16. Nociception Coma Scale—Revised with Personalized Painful Stimulus Versus Standard Stimulation in Persons with Disorders of Consciousness: An International Multicenter Study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  17. EEG signature of near-death-like experiences during syncope-induced periods of unresponsiveness

    Article • NeuroImage, September 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  18. A virtual clinical trial of psychedelics to treat patients with disorders of consciousness

    Article • August 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  19. Lateral frontoparietal effective connectivity differentiates and predicts state of consciousness in a cohort of patients with traumatic disorders of consciousness

    Article • PLOS One, July 2024, PLOS

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  20. Phenomenological memory characteristics and impact of near-death experience in critically ill survivors: Observations at discharge and after a 1-year follow-up

    Article • International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, July 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  21. Exploring the Significance of Cognitive Motor Dissociation on Patient Outcome in Acute Disorders of Consciousness

    Article • Seminars in Neurology, April 2024, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  22. Changes in high-order interaction measures of synergy and redundancy during non-ordinary states of consciousness induced by meditation, hypnosis, and auto-induced cognitive trance

    Article • NeuroImage, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  23. Bridging the gap: (a)typical psychedelic and near-death experience insights

    Article • Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, February 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  24. Chinese translation and validation of the Near-Death Experience Content scale

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, January 2024, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  25. Exploring awareness in cardiac arrest studies: Methodological challenges

    Article • Resuscitation, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  26. Psychedelics and disorders of consciousness: the current landscape and the path forward

    Article • Neuroscience of Consciousness, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  27. Within-subject comparison of near-death and psychedelic experiences: acute and enduring effects

    Article • Neuroscience of Consciousness, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  28. Phenomenology of auto-induced cognitive trance using text mining: a prospective and exploratory group study

    Article • Neuroscience of Consciousness, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  29. The nature of consciousness in anaesthesia

    Article • BJA Open, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  30. Effectiveness of a hypertension management protocol in rural Haitian adults and pregnant women

    Article • Dialogues in Health, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  31. Correction to: International survey on the implementation of the European and American guidelines on disorders of consciousness

    Article • Journal of Neurology, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  32. Validation of the simplified evaluation of consciousness disorders (SECONDs) scale in Mandarin

    Article • Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  33. Depth of sedation with dexmedetomidine increases transcranial magnetic stimulation-evoked potential amplitude non-linearly

    Article • British Journal of Anaesthesia, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  34. International survey on the implementation of the European and American guidelines on disorders of consciousness

    Article • Journal of Neurology, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  35. Autonomic nervous system modulation during self-induced non-ordinary states of consciousness

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  36. Unresponsive but Not Necessarily Unconscious: An Introduction to the Special Focus

    Article • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, June 2023, The MIT Press

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  37. Lateral frontoparietal effective connectivity differentiates and predicts state of consciousness in traumatic disorders of consciousness

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  38. The current and future contribution of neuroimaging to the understanding of disorders of consciousness

    Article • La Presse Médicale, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  39. EEG Signature of Out-of-Body Experiences Induced by Virtual Reality: A Novel Methodological Approach

    Article • Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, May 2023, The MIT Press

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  40. Low-dimensional organization of global brain states of reduced consciousness

    Article • Cell Reports, May 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  41. From nose to brain: the effect of lemon inhalation observed by whole brain voxel to voxel functional connectivity

    Article • Cortex, May 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  42. Personality traits and pattern of beliefs of near-death(-like) experiencers

    Article • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, April 2023, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  43. Assessment and management of pain/nociception in patients with disorders of consciousness or locked-in syndrome: A narrative review

    Article • Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, March 2023, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  44. Incidence of near-death experiences in patients surviving a prolonged critical illness and their long-term impact: a prospective observational study

    Article • Critical Care, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  45. Needs and Quality of Life of Caregivers of Patients with Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness

    Article • Brain Sciences, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet

  46. Response to “Should IANDS Endorse a Post-Physicalist Worldview?”: Balancing Perspectives: The Significance of Empirical Evidence in Scientific Inquiry

    Article • The Journal of near-death studies, January 2023, International Association of Near-Death Studies

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  47. Studying death and near‐death experiences requires neuroscientific expertise

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, August 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  48. Pain and spastic features in chronic DOC patient: A cross-sectional retrospective study

    Article • Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, May 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  49. Response to: Near-death experiences and the importance of transparency in subjectivity, ontology and epistemology

    Article • Brain Communications, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  50. Loss of consciousness reduces the stability of brain hubs and the heterogeneity of brain dynamics

    Article • Communications Biology, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  51. Simplified evaluation of CONsciousness disorders (SECONDs) in individuals with severe brain injury: A validation study

    Article • Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet

  52. Mapping the functional brain state of a world champion freediver in static dry apnea

    Article • Brain Structure and Function, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  53. High-Density EEG in a Charles Bonnet Syndrome Patient during and without Visual Hallucinations: A Case-Report Study

    Article • Cells, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  54. Perturbations in dynamical models of whole-brain activity dissociate between the level and stability of consciousness

    Article • PLoS Computational Biology, July 2021, PLOS

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Prof. Vincent LG Bonhomme, Dr Agustin Ibanez

  55. The evolutionary origin of near-death experiences: a systematic investigation

    Article • Brain Communications, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  56. Depth of sedation with dexmedetomidine modulates cortical excitability non-linearly

    Article • June 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Prof. Vincent LG Bonhomme

  57. Preservation of Brain Activity in Unresponsive Patients Identifies MCS Star

    Article • Annals of Neurology, June 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet

  58. Neural responses to heartbeats detect residual signs of consciousness during resting state in post-comatose patients

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience, March 2021, Society for Neuroscience

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  59. Mapping the functional brain state of a world champion freediver in static dry apnea

    Article • February 2021, Research Square

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  60. SECONDs Administration Guidelines: A Fast Tool to Assess Consciousness in Brain-injured Patients

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, February 2021, MyJove Corporation

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet

  61. Erratum to: The evolutionary origin of near-death experiences: a systematic investigation

    Article • Brain Communications, January 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  62. Letter to the Editor: Response to "A New Scale to Assess Near-Death Experiences"

    Article • The Journal of near-death studies, January 2021, International Association of Near-Death Studies

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  63. Loss of consciousness reduces the stability of brain hubs and the heterogeneity of brain dynamics

    Article • November 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  64. The Near-Death Experience Content (NDE-C) scale: Development and psychometric validation

    Article • Consciousness and Cognition, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  65. Behavioral and electrophysiological effects of network-based frontoparietal tDCS in patients with severe brain injury: a randomized controlled trial

    Article • NeuroImage Clinical, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  66. Perturbations in dynamical models of whole-brain activity dissociate between the level and stability of consciousness

    Article • July 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Vincent LG Bonhomme, Dr. Charlotte Martial, Dr Agustin Ibanez

  67. An Echo of Consciousness: Brain function during preferred music.

    Article • Brain Connectivity, June 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet

  68. Near-Death Experience Memories Include More Episodic Components Than Flashbulb Memories

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, May 2020, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  69. Time-Delay Latency of Resting-State Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent Signal Related to the Level of Consciousness in Patients with Severe Consciousness Impairment

    Article • Brain Connectivity, March 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet

  70. Neuroplastic changes mediate motor recovery with implanted peroneal nerve stimulator in individuals with chronic stroke: an open-label multimodal pilot study

    Article • Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  71. Characterization of near death experiences using text mining analyses: A preliminary study

    Article • PLOS One, January 2020, PLOS

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  72. Brain Metabolism but Not Gray Matter Volume Underlies the Presence of Language Function in the Minimally Conscious State (MCS): MCS+ Versus MCS− Neuroimaging Differences

    Article • Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, January 2020, SAGE Publications

    Charlène Aubinet, Dr. Charlotte Martial

  73. Near-Death Experience as a Probe to Explore (Disconnected) Consciousness

    Article • Trends in Cognitive Sciences, January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  74. Auditory localization should be considered as a sign of minimally conscious state based on multimodal findings

    Article • Brain Communications, January 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet

  75. Nociception Coma Scale Revised allows to identify patients with preserved neural basis for pain experience.

    Article • Journal of Pain, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  76. Can the Nociception Coma Scale - Revised be used in patients with a tracheostomy?

    Article • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  77. Modulation of the spontaneous hemodynamic response function across levels of consciousness

    Article • NeuroImage, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  78. Neurophenomenology of near-death experience memory in hypnotic recall: a within-subject EEG study

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  79. General Anesthesia: A Probe to Explore Consciousness

    Article • Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, August 2019, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Prof. Vincent LG Bonhomme

  80. Resting-state functional connectivity and cortical thickness characterization of a patient with Charles Bonnet syndrome

    Article • PLOS One, July 2019, PLOS

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  81. Diagnostic accuracy of the CRS-R index in patients with disorders of consciousness

    Article • Brain Injury, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet, Amandine Regnier

  82. A systematic analysis of distressing near-death experience accounts

    Article • Memory, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Steve Majerus

  83. Neurochemical models of near-death experiences: A large-scale study based on the semantic similarity of written reports

    Article • Consciousness and Cognition, March 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  84. Human consciousness is supported by dynamic complex patterns of brain signal coordination

    Article • Science Advances, February 2019, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Benjamin Rohaut

  85. Memories of near-death experiences: are they self-defining?

    Article • Neuroscience of Consciousness, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  86. A Heartbeat Away From Consciousness: Heart Rate Variability Entropy Can Discriminate Disorders of Consciousness and Is Correlated With Resting-State fMRI Brain Connectivity of the Central Autonomic Network

    Article • Frontiers in Neurology, September 2018, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet

  87. Modulation of the spontaneous hemodynamic response function across levels of consciousness

    Article • August 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  88. DMT Models the Near-Death Experience

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, August 2018, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  89. Neural correlates of context-independent and context-dependent self-knowledge

    Article • Brain and Cognition, August 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  90. Clinical subcategorization of minimally conscious state according to resting functional connectivity

    Article • Human Brain Mapping, July 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet

  91. Fantasy Proneness Correlates With the Intensity of Near-Death Experience

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, June 2018, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  92. Randomized controlled trial of home-based 4-week tDCS in chronic minimally conscious state

    Article • Brain Stimulation, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  93. Regional brain volumetry and brain function in severely brain‐injured patients

    Article • Annals of Neurology, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Benjamin Rohaut

  94. Assessment of nociception and pain in participants with unresponsive or minimally conscious state after acquired brain injury: the relationship between the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised and the Nociception Coma Scale-Revised.

    Article • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, April 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  95. Is oral feeding compatible with an unresponsive wakefulness syndrome?

    Article • Journal of Neurology, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  96. Qualitative thematic analysis of the phenomenology of near-death experiences

    Article • PLOS One, February 2018, PLOS

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  97. Transcranial direct current stimulation unveils covert consciousness

    Article • Brain Stimulation, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  98. Near-death experiences: Are they self-defining?

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2018, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  99. Modulated spontaneous hemodynamic response to loss of consciousness

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2018, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  100. Diagnostic accuracy and prognostic value of the CRS-R modified score in patients with disorders of consciousness.

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2018, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  101. Fluctuation in behavioral responsiveness in severely brain-injured patients

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2018, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  102. Intensity and memory characteristics of near-death experiences

    Article • Consciousness and Cognition, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  103. Multifaceted brain networks reconfiguration in disorders of consciousness uncovered by co-activation patterns

    Article • Human Brain Mapping, October 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  104. Corrigendum: Temporality of Features in Near-Death Experience Narratives

    Article • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, August 2017, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  105. Temporality of Features in Near-Death Experience Narratives

    Article • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, June 2017, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  106. The repetition of behavioral assessments in diagnosis of disorders of consciousness

    Article • Annals of Neurology, June 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  107. Diagnostic, pronostic et traitements des troubles de la conscience

    Article • NPG Neurologie - Psychiatrie - Gériatrie, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet

  108. Near-Death Experiences: Actual Considerations

    Article • May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  109. Prevalence of coma-recovery scale-revised signs of consciousness in patients in minimally conscious state

    Article • Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, April 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Charlène Aubinet

  110. Objective assessment of visual pursuit in patients with disorders of consciousness: an exploratory study

    Article • Journal of Neurology, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  111. False memory susceptibility in coma survivors with and without a near-death experience

    Article • Psychological Research, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  112. Mapping the functional connectome traits of levels of consciousness

    Article • NeuroImage, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial, Prof. Vincent LG Bonhomme

  113. Tracking dynamic interactions between structural and functional connectivity: a TMS/EEG-dMRI study

    Article • Brain Connectivity, January 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  114. Functional Connectivity Substrates for tDCS Response in Minimally Conscious State Patients

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, November 2016, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  115. Function-structure connectivity in patients with severe brain injury as measured by MRI-DWI and FDG-PET

    Article • Human Brain Mapping, October 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  116. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Disorders of Consciousness

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  117. Exploration of Functional Connectivity During Preferred Music Stimulation in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, November 2015, Frontiers

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  118. Clinical Response to tDCS Depends on Residual Brain Metabolism and Grey Matter Integrity in Patients With Minimally Conscious State

    Article • Brain Stimulation, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Charlotte Martial

  119. Structural constraints to information flow within cortical circuits: a TMS/EEG-dMRI study

    Article • September 2015, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Charlotte Martial