Publications and communications of Pauline Fritz

Fritz, P.* , Martial, C.* , Gosseries, O., Bonhomme, V., Kondziella, D., Nelson, K., & Lejeune, N. (in press). Reply to ‘Recalled experiences of death: need for empirical research without prejudice’ [Letter to the Editor]. Nature Reviews. Neurology.

Gillet, A., van der Lande, G., Aubinet, C., Cardone, P., Nunez Novo, P., Alnagger, N., Annen, J., Bernard, C., Bicego, A. Y., Cecconi, B., Fritz, P., Gosseries, O., Grégoire, C., Hustinx, R., Lejeune, N., Louras, M., Maquet, N., Marie, N., Martens, G., ... Sala, A. (28 November 2025). A Protocol and Preliminary Insights for the Acquisition of a Multimodal Brain Dataset of Healthy Participants [Poster presentation]. GIGANeuro Day.

Fritz, P. (November 2025). What Neuroscience Can Tell Us About Near-Death Experiences [Paper presentation]. 7th Autumn School on Translational Neuroscience, Wurtzbourg, Germany.

Fritz, P. (October 2025). Expériences de mort imminente : Que sait la science aujourd’hui ? [Paper presentation]. 9ème Colloque wallon des soins palliatifs - Concilier les temps en soins palliatifs, Belgium.

Fritz, P., Pichelin, A., Ancion, A., Alnagger, N., Lejeune, N., Ghuysen, A., Gosseries, O., & Martial, C. (October 2025). Near-Death Experience During Emergency Ketamine Use: A Case Report. Brain and Behavior, 15 (10), 70939. doi:10.1002/brb3.70939

Gillet, A., PALMERI, D., Bernard, C., van der Lande, G., Aubinet, C., Cardone, P., Nunez Novo, P., Alnagger, N., Annen, J., Bicego, A. Y., Cecconi, B., Fritz, P., Gosseries, O., Grégoire, C., Lejeune, N., Louras, M., Maquet, N., Marie, N., Martens, G., ... Sala, A. (12 September 2025). A protocol for the construction of a multimodal brain dataset for healthy control subjects [Poster presentation]. GIGA DAY 2025, Liège, Belgium.

Seyfzadeh, F., Meys, M., Jolibois, P., Fritz, P., Louras, M., Lejeune, N., Thibaut, A., Bonhomme, V., & Gosseries, O. (12 September 2025). How does zolpidem impact the brain and the behavior? A double-blind placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial [Poster presentation]. GIGA Day 2025, Liège, Belgium.

Seyfzadeh, F., Meys, M., Jolibois, P., Fritz, P., Louras, M., Lejeune, N., Thibaut, A., Bonhomme, V., & Gosseries, O. (09 July 2025). Neuropsychological, Electrophysiological, and Phenomenological Signatures of Zolpidem: A Pilot Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial [Poster presentation]. 28th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC28), Heraklion, Greece.

Michael, P., Fritz, P., Gosseries, O., Rousseau, A.-F., Ancion, A., Ghuysen, A., & Martial, C. (2025). The central clinical relevance of near-death experiences in acute care contexts: identification, prediction, and management. Frontiers in Psychology. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1544438

Martial, C.* , Fritz, P.* , Gosseries, O., Bonhomme, V., Kondziella, D., Nelson, K., & Lejeune, N. (2025). Correction: A neuroscientific model of near-death experiences. Nature Reviews. Neurology. doi:10.1038/s41582-025-01111-9

Martial, C.* , Fritz, P.* , Gosseries, O., Bonhomme, V., Kondziella, D., Nelson, K., & Lejeune, N. (2025). A neuroscientific model of near-death experiences. Nature Reviews. Neurology. doi:10.1038/s41582-025-01072-z

Aubinet, C., Regnier, A., Gillet, A., Cardone, P., Fritz, P., Lejeune, N., Gosseries, O., & Majerus, S. (2025). The Brief Evaluation of Receptive Aphasia (BERA) in Patients with Severe Brain Injury: A Validation Study. Brain Injury.

Delhaye, E., Fritz, P., Martial, C., & Bastin, C. (2025). The role of visual imagery and semantic memory in short-term memory conjunctive binding : a study in aphantasia [Poster presentation]. Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.

Fritz, P., Ancion, A., Lejeune, N., Rourre, A., Nunez Novo, P., Joris, G., Ghuysen, A., Gosseries, O., & Martial, C. (2025). Assessing Episodes of Disconnected Consciousness in Emergency Patients: Preliminary Findings [Poster presentation]. 2025 World Congress in Brain Injury, Montréal, Canada.

Fritz, P., Rourre, A., Ancion, A., Alnagger, N., Lejeune, N., Ghuysen, A., Gosseries, O., & Martial, C. (2025). A Case of Ketamine-induced Near-death Experience: Memory Content Evolution over Time and Lasting Effects [Poster presentation]. 28th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, Heraklion, Greece.

Martial, C., Fritz, P., Gosseries, O., Bonhomme, V., Kondziella, D., Nelson, K., & Lejeune, N. (2025). Reply to 'Perils and pitfalls of near-death experience research’ [Letter to the Editor]. Nature Reviews. Neurology.

Martial, C., Fritz, P., Gosseries, O., Bonhomme, V., Kondziella, D., Nelson, K., & Lejeune, N. (2025). Reply to 'Limitations of neurocentric models for near-death experiences' [Letter to the Editor]. Nature Reviews. Neurology.

Martial, C., Fritz, P., & Gosseries, O. (2024). Response to "Should IANDS Endorse a Post-Physicalist Worldview?": Balancing Perspectives: The Significance of Empirical Evidence in Scientific Inquiry [Letter to the Editor]. Journal of Near-Death Studies.

Aubinet, C., Regnier, A., Gillet, A., Cardone, P., Fritz, P., Gosseries, O., & Majerus, S. (29 November 2024). Validation of the Brief Evaluation of Receptive Aphasia (BERA) in minimally conscious and emerging patients after coma [Paper presentation]. GCPN Day, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Fritz, P. (2024). Les Expériences de Mort Imminente [Paper presentation]. Le Congrès des États Élargis de Conscience (CEEC).

Fritz, P., Ancion, A., Lejeune, N., Rourre, A., Nunez Novo, P., Ghuysen, A., Gosseries, O., & Martial, C. (October 2024). Episodes of consciousness among emergency clinically unconscious patients in the resuscitation room: preliminary findings of a prospective observational study [Poster presentation]. EUSEM 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Fritz, P., Ancion, A., Lejeune, N., Rourre, A., Nunez Novo, P., Ghuysen, A., Gosseries, O., & Martial, C. (03 July 2024). Investigating episodes of (dis)connected consciousness among clinically unresponsive patients in the resuscitation room : preliminary findings [Poster presentation]. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, Tokyo, Japan.

Aubinet, C., Regnier, A., Fritz, P., Pauls, M., Cardone, P., Lejeune, N., Gosseries, O., & Majerus, S. (01 July 2024). Preliminary data on the validation of the Brief Evaluation of Receptive Aphasia (BERA) tool in post-comatose patients [Paper presentation]. 10th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Helsinki, Finland.

Khosravi, M., Fritz, P., Vitello, M., Szymkowicz, E., Cardone, P., Regnier, A., Petit, F., Martial, C., Beaudart, C., Thibaut, A., Gosseries, O., & Aubinet, C. (30 June 2024). The SECONDs index score to assess consciousness fluctuations in acute patients with severe brain injury: preliminary results [Poster presentation]. 10th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Helsinki, Finland.

Martial, C., Fritz, P., CASSOL, H., Gosseries, O., Lambermont, B., Misset, B., & Rousseau, A.-F. (June 2024). Phenomenological memory characteristics and impact of near-death experience in critically ill survivors: Observations at discharge and after a 1-year follow-up. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 24 (3), 100478. doi:10.1016/j.ijchp.2024.100478

Ancion, A., Fritz, P., Rourre, A., Lejeune, N., Gosseries, O., Ghuysen, A., & Martial, C. (2024). Assessment of factors contributing to the emergence of secondary post-traumatic stress disorders in the emergency resuscitation room: Preliminary results from a monocentric prospective study. In 34th Annual Congress of BESEDIM (Belgian Society Emergency & Disaster Medicine), Ostend, Belgium (pp. 226-230). Frontiers.

Aubinet, C., Regnier, A., Fritz, P., Pauls, M., Cardone, P., Gosseries, O., & Majerus, S. (31 May 2024). Validation of the Brief Evaluation of Receptive Aphasia (BERA) tool in post-comatose patients: Preliminary data [Paper presentation]. BAPS annual meeting, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Fritz, P., Lejeune, N., Cardone, P., Gosseries, O., & Martial, C. (2024). Bridging the gap: (A)typical psychedelic and near-death experience insights. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. doi:10.1016/j.cobeha.2023.101349

Delhaye, E., Fritz, P., Martial, C., & Bastin, C. (2024). Investigating the functions underlying short-term memory conjunctive binding through the study of aphantasia [Poster presentation]. Seeing and Acting Workshop (SAW), Coimbra, Portugal.

Fritz, P. (2024). Presentation for the Psychedelics Society of Belgium (PSBE) Journal - Bridging the gap: (a)typical psychedelic and near-death experience insights [Paper presentation]. Journal Club.

Fritz, P. (2024). Les Expériences de Mort Imminente à Travers le Prisme des Neurosciences [Paper presentation]. Temps Mort.

Fritz, P. (2024). Évaluation rapide des signes de conscience : The Simplified Evaluation of CONsciousness Disorders SECONDs [Paper presentation]. Doc-Box Days.

Fritz, P., & Cardone, P. (2024). Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) and psychedelic experiences: Commonalities and insights [Paper presentation]. Live Online Events.

Lejeune, N., Fritz, P., Cardone, P., Szymkowicz, E., Vitello, M., Martial, C., Thibaut, A., & Gosseries, O. (2024). Exploring the Significance of Cognitive Motor Dissociation on Patient Outcome in Acute Disorders of Consciousness. Seminars in Neurology. doi:10.1055/s-0044-1785507

Martial, C., Fritz, P., Lejeune, N., & Gosseries, O. (2024). Exploring awareness in cardiac arrest studies: Methodological challenges [Letter to the Editor]. Resuscitation. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109980

Fritz, P., Ancion, A., Lejeune, N., van der Lande, G., Laureys, S., Ghuysen, A., Gosseries, O., & Martial, C. (26 May 2023). Uncovering episodes of (dis)connected consciousness in clinically unresponsive emergency patients: study protocol for a prospective study [Poster presentation]. 2023 Annual Meeting of the Belgian Association of Psychological Sciences, Mons, Belgium.

Fritz, P. (16 May 2023). PhD project : Investigation of the frequency of (dis)connected consciousness episodes and their risk factors in critically ill patients [Paper presentation]. GIGA CONSCIOUSNESS SEMINAR, Liege, Belgium.

Bicego, A. Y., CASSOL, H., Jessica Simon, Fritz, P., Simona Abagnale, Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Laureys, S., & Martial, C. (2023). Personality traits and pattern of beliefs of near-death(-like) experiencers. Frontiers in Neuroscience. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2023.1124739

Fritz, P. (2023). Projet de thèse : Unconscious No More : Probing Consciousness in Emergency Patients [Paper presentation]. Groupe local d'évaluation médicale (GLEM).

Fritz, P. (29 March 2023). Experience de mort imminente, souvenirs & conscience lors d’évenements potentiellement mortels pour l'être humain [Paper presentation]. Journée rencontre chercheur praticien 2023, Lille, France.

Delhaye, E., Fritz, P., Bastin, C., & Martial, C. (2023). Living without imagery: study of episodic associative memory strategies in aphantasia [Poster presentation]. European Society of Cognitive Psychology.

Fritz, P., Lejeune, N., CASSOL, H., Laureys, S., Gosseries, O., & Martial, C. (2023). Near-death experiences: what do we know? In C. Schnakers & S. Laureys, Coma and Disorders of Consciousness, 3rd edition (3rd). Springer; Softcover reprin. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-50563-8_13

Fritz, P. (2022). Vivre sans imagination : exploration de la stratégie d'unification chez des patients ayant une aphantasie [Master’s dissertation, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/299669