Charles Bruce Greyson (born October 1946) is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the

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. He is author of '' After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond'' (2021), co-author of ''

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'' (2007) and co-editor of ''The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences'' (2009). Greyson has written many journal articles, and has given media interviews, on the subject of

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Academic appointments

Greyson is Chester F. Carlson Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, and the former director of The Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS), formerly the Division of Personality Studies, at the

. He is also a Professor of Psychiatric Medicine in the Department of Psychiatric Medicine, Division of Outpatient Psychiatry, at the University of Virginia.

Research work

Greyson is a

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in the field of

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and has been called the father of research in near-death experiences. Greyson, along with

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, Michael Sabom, and others, built on the research of

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, Russell Noyes Jr and

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. Greyson's scale to measure the aspects of near-death experiences has been widely used, being cited over 450 times as of early 2021. He also devised a 19-item scale to assess experience of

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, the Physio-Kundalini Scale. Greyson wrote the overview of Near Death Experiences for the ''

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'' and was the Editor-in-Chief of the ''

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'' (formerly ''Anabiosis'') from 1982 through 2007. Greyson has been interviewed or consulted many times in the press on the subject of near-death experiences.

Selected publications

Greyson is author of ''After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond'' (Macmillan, 2021)'','' co-author of ''Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century'' (Rowman and Littlefield, 2007) and co-editor of ''The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation'' (Praeger, 2009).Information about the Division of Perceptual Studies
He has written many journal articles on the subject of near-death experiences, and these include: * * * * * * * *

References

External links

Bruce Greyson biography
at the University of Virginia
The Division of Perceptual Studies
at the University of Virginia
Bruce Greyson personal website
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Academic appointments

Research work

Selected publications

See also

References

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