Martial Charlotte

GIGA Consciousness - Coma Science Group

Département des sciences cliniques

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ORCID
0000-0001-6291-3460
Main Referenced Co-authors
Laureys, Steven  (141)
Gosseries, Olivia  (72)
Cassol, Héléna  (57)
Thibaut, Aurore  (44)
Annen, Jitka  (38)
Main Referenced Keywords
Disorders of consciousness (11); Consciousness (7); near-death experience (7); Minimally conscious state (6); Coma (5);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
GIGA-Consciousness-Coma Science Group; CHU de Liège - Centre du Cerveau² (32)
CHU de Liège-Centre du Cerveau² - ULiège [BE] (25)
GIGA-COMA - GIGA Consciousness-Coma Science Group - ULiège (6)
Giga Consciousness-Coma Science Group ; CHU de Liège - Centre du Cerveau² (5)
Coma Science Group (4)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Neurosciences & behavior (125)
Neurology (66)
Theoretical & cognitive psychology (17)
Anesthesia & intensive care (3)
Radiology, nuclear medicine & imaging (3)

Publications (total 209)

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Martial, C.* , Cassol, H.* , Charland-Verville, V., Pallavicini, C., Sanz, C., Zamberlan, F., Martínez Vivot, R., Erowid, F., Erowid, E., LAUREYS, S., Greyson, B., & Tagliazucchi, E. (2019). Neurochemical models of near-death experiences: a large-scale study based on the semantic similarity of written reports. Consciousness and Cognition. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2019.01.011 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/231971

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Demertzi, A.* , Tagliazucchi, E.* , Dehaene, S., Deco, G., Barttfeld, P., Raimondo, F., Martial, C., Fernandez-Espejo, D., Rohaut, B., Voss, H., Schiff, N., Owen, A., Laureys, S., Naccache, L., & Sitt, J. (February 2019). Human consciousness is supported by dynamic complex patterns of brain signal coordination. Science Advances, 5 (2), 7603. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aat7603 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/229430

Lejeune, N., Fritz, P., Cardone, P., Szymkowicz, E., Vitello, M., Martial, C., Thibaut, A., & Gosseries, O. (In press). Exploring the Significance of Cognitive Motor Dissociation on Patient Outcome in Acute Disorders of Consciousness. Seminars in Neurology.
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Ihalainen, R., Annen, J., Gosseries, O., Cardone, P., Panda, R., Martial, C., Thibaut, A., Laureys, S., & Chennu, S. (In press). Lateral frontoparietal effective connectivity differentiates and predicts state of consciousness in a cohort of patients with traumatic disorders of consciousness. PLoS ONE.
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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
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Li, Y., Chen, Y., Martial, C., Shen, M., CASSOL, H., Zhou, X., Yu, J., Ni, C., lI, M., Hu, N., Gosseries, O., Laureys, S., & Di, H. (2024). Chinese translation and validation of the Near-Death Experience Content (NDE-C) scale. Frontiers in Psychiatry. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1201416
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Farisco, M., Formisano, R., Gosseries, O., Kato, Y., Koboyashi, S., Laureys, S., Lejeune, N., Martial, C., Matar, A., Morrisey, A.-M., Schnakers, C., Yakufujiang, M., Yamaki, T., Veeramuthu, V., Zandalasini, M., Zasler, N., Magliacano, A., Estraneo, A., & IBIA Special Interest Group on DoCs. (January 2024). Correction to: International survey on the implementation of the European and American guidelines on disorders of consciousness. Journal of Neurology, 271 (1), 408 - 409. doi:10.1007/s00415-023-12083-5
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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
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Fritz, P., Lejeune, N., CASSOL, H., Laureys, S., Gosseries, O., & Martial, C. (2024). 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
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Martial, C. (05 October 2023). Impact on near-death experience research on models of consciousness (keynote talk) [Paper presentation]. Center for Consciousness Science Annual Symposium, Ann Arbor, United States.
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Farisco, M., Formisano, R., Gosseries, O., Kato, Y., Koboyashi, S., Laureys, S., Lejeune, N., Martial, C., Matar, A., Morrisey, A.-M., Schnakers, C., Yakufujiang, M., Yamaki, T., Veeramuthu, V., Zandalasini, M., Zasler, N., Magliacano, A., Estraneo, A., & IBIA Special Interest Group on DoCs. (2023). International survey on the implementation of the European and American guidelines on disorders of consciousness. Journal of Neurology. doi:10.1007/s00415-023-11956-z
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Oswald, V.* , Vanhaudenhuyse, A.* , Annen, J., Martial, C., Bicego, A. Y., Rousseaux, F., Sombrun, C., Harel, Y., Faymonville, M.-E., Laureys, S., Jerbi, K., & Gosseries, O. (22 September 2023). Autonomic nervous system modulation during self-induced non-ordinary states of consciousness. Scientific Reports, 13 (1), 15811. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-42393-7
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Cardone, P.* , Bodart, O.* , KIRSCH, M., Sanfilippo, J., Virgillito, A., Martial, C., Simon, J., Wannez, S., Sanders, R. D., Laureys, S., Massimini, M., Vandewalle, G., Bonhomme, V.* , & Gosseries, O.*. (2023). Depth of sedation with dexmedetomidine increases transcranial magnetic stimulation-evoked potential amplitude non-linearly. British Journal of Anaesthesia. doi:10.1016/j.bja.2023.05.030
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Oswald, V., Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Annen, J., Martial, C., Bicego, A. Y., Rousseaux, F., Sombrun Corine, Harel Yann, Jerbi Karim, Laureys, S., Faymonville, M.-E., & Gosseries, O. (24 June 2023). Brain interoceptive fingerprint of self-induced cognitive trance [Poster presentation]. The 26th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness.
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Cardone, P., Vitello, M., Szymkowicz, E., Sanz, L., Meys, M., Thibaut, A., Andris, C., Demoulin, V., Panda, R., Laureys, S., Chokron, S., Annen, J., Martial, C., & Gosseries, O. (24 June 2023). Regaining sight after zolpidem: a problem of access consciousness or a new conscious state? [Paper presentation]. ASSC26, New York City, United States.
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Martial, C. (08 June 2023). What connects near-death experiences and psychedelics? [Paper presentation]. Explorations in Consciousness: Death, Psychedelics, and Mystical Experience, New York, United States.
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Cardone, P., Vitello, M., Szymkowicz, E., Sanz, L., Thibaut, A., Andris, C., Demoulin, V., Panda, R., Meys, M., Chokron, S., Laureys, S., Annen, J., Martial, C., & Gosseries, O. (June 2023). Case-report of a patient who regains sight after zolpidem: Multimodal report. Clinical Neurophysiology, 150, 180. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2023.03.320
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Martial, C. (30 May 2023). Insights from near-death experience research [Paper presentation]. Cycle de conférences de la Clinique Sainte Anne Saint Rémi, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Martial, C. (26 May 2023). What connects memories after coma or trauma and psychedelics? [Paper presentation]. The annual meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences, Mons, Belgium.
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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.
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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
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Cardone, P., Bonhomme, A., Bonhomme, V., Staquet, C., Lejeune, N., Van Goethem, S., Ezan, P., Alnagger, N., DEFRESNE, A., Montupil, J., Laureys, S., Thibaut, A., Martial, C., & Gosseries, O. (31 March 2023). Preliminary Results of the First Pilot of Ketamine to Treat Disorders of Consciousness [Paper presentation]. 14th Biennial World Congress on Brain Injury, Dublin, Ireland.
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Bonin, E., Lejeune, N., Szymkowicz, E., Bonhomme, V., Martial, C., Gosseries, O., Laureys, S., & Thibaut, A. (20 March 2023). Assessment and management of pain/nociception in patients with disorders of consciousness or locked-in syndrome: A narrative review. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 17, 1112206. doi:10.3389/fnsys.2023.1112206
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Oswald, V., Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Annen, J., Martial, C., Bicego, A. Y., Rousseaux, F., Sombrun Corine, Harel Yann, Jerbi Karim, Laureys, S., Faymonville, M.-E., & Gosseries, O. (09 March 2023). Autonomic nervous system modulation during self-induced non-ordinary state of consciousness [Poster presentation]. Internationale Association of Psychology Science.
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Martial, C. (2023). L’expérience de mort imminente comme forme de transe [Paper presentation]. Sommet des Transes et Médecines Psychédéliques, Belgium.

Alnagger, N., Cardone, P., Martial, C., Laureys, S., Annen, J., & Gosseries, O. (14 February 2023). The current and future contribution of neuroimaging to the understanding of disorders of consciousness. Presse Médicale, 52 (2), 104163. doi:10.1016/j.lpm.2022.104163
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Gosseries, O.* , Schnakers, C.* , Vanhaudenhuyse, A., Martial, C., Aubinet, C., Charland-Verville, V., Thibaut, A., Annen, J., Ledoux, D., Laureys, S., & Grégoire, C. (11 February 2023). Needs and quality of life in caregivers of patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness. Brain Sciences, 13 (2), 308. doi:10.3390/brainsci13020308
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Cardone, P., Sanz, L., Vitello, M., Szymkowicz, E., Meys, M., Panda, R., Thibaut, A., Laureys, S., Annen, J., Martial, C., & Gosseries, O. (2023). Regression of post-stroke hemianopia with zolpidem: insights from neuropsychology, EEG, and tDCS [Poster presentation]. 9th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Budapest, Hungary.
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Rousseau, A.-F., DAMS, L., Massart, Q., CHOQUER, L., Cassol, H., Laureys, S., Misset, B., Dardenne, N., Gosseries, O., & Martial, C. (2023). Incidence of near-death experiences in patients surviving a prolonged critical illness and their long-term impact: a prospective observational study. Critical Care, 27, 76. doi:10.1186/s13054-023-04348-2
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Wang, A.* , Sun, L.* , Cheng, L., Hu, N., Chen, Y., Sanz, L., Thibaut, A., Gosseries, O., Laureys, S., Martial, C.* , & Di, H.*. (2023). Validation of the simplified evaluation of consciousness disorders (SECONDs) scale in Mandarin. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. doi:10.1016/j.rehab.2023.101764
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Martial, C., CASSOL, H., Slater, M., Bourdin, P., Mensen, A., Ramon, O., Laureys, S.* , & Nunez Novo, P.*. (2023). EEG signature of out-of-body experiences induced by virtual reality: a novel methodological approach. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
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Montupil, J., Cardone, P., Staquet, C., Bonhomme, A., DEFRESNE, A., Martial, C., Alnagger, N., Gosseries, O., & Bonhomme, V. (2023). The nature of consciousness in anaesthesia. BJA Open, 8, 100224. doi:10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100224
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Martial, C., Poirrier, A.-L., Pottier, L., CASSOL, H., Mortaheb, S., Panda, R., Lopez, M., Perrin, T., Boilevin, A., Gosseries, O., & Laureys, S. (2023). From nose to brain: the effect of lemon inhalation observed by whole brain voxel to voxel functional connectivity. Cortex: A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2023.04.012
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Martial, C., & Gosseries, O. (2023). Unresponsive but not necessarily unconscious: An introduction to the Special Focus. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. doi:10.1162/jocn_e_02027
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Perl, Y. S., Pallavicini, C., Piccinini, J., Demertzi, A., Bonhomme, V., Martial, C., Panda, R., Alnagger, N., Annen, J., Gosseries, O., Ibañez, A., Laufs, H., Sitt, J. D., Jirsa, V. K., Kringelbach, M. L., Laureys, S., Deco, G., & Tagliazucchi, E. (2023). Low-dimensional organization of global brain states of reduced consciousness. Cell Reports, 42 (5), 112491. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112491
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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.
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Martial, C., & Vanhaudenhuyse, A. (2022). Les expériences de décorporation. In T. Yves, Lettre des Neurosciences. France: Société des Neurosciences.
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Martial, C. (2022). Les expériences de mort imminente : voyage aux confins de la conscience [Paper presentation]. Cycle de conférences du Cercle de Vinâve, Huy, Belgium.

Martial, C. (2022). Ce que nous dit la science des expériences de mort imminente. In C. L. Ilios Kotsou, Quand la mort éclaire la vie. Iconoclaste.
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CHOQUER, L., Rousseau, A.-F., DAMS, L., Massart, Q., Dardenne, N., Ledoux, D., Misset, B., Laureys, S., & Martial, C. (September 2022). Souvenirs d’une expérience de mort imminente chez les patients critiques : incidence, facteurs associés et impact à long terme [Paper presentation]. SFAR le congrès, Paris, France.
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Martial, C. (September 2022). What connects psychedelic, mystical, alien abduction and near-death experiences? [Paper presentation]. Tyringham Initiative Symposium, Manchester, United Kingdom.
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Martial, C. (2022). Studying death and near-death experiences requires neuroscientific expertise [letter to the editor]. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1111/nyas.14888
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Cardone, P., Bonhomme, A., Bonhomme, V., Staquet, C., Alnagger, N., Ezan, P., Lejeune, N., Van Goethem, S., Laureys, S., Gosseries, O.* , & Martial, C.*. (13 July 2022). Ketamine to treat disorders of consciousness: a pilot protocol [Poster presentation]. ASSC25, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Martial, C. (2022). Les psychédéliques comme outil pour comprendre les états de conscience altérée [Paper presentation]. Cycle de conférences de la Société Psychédélique de Lyon, Lyon, France.

Charland-Verville, V.* , Martial, C.* , Gosseries, O., CASSOL, H., LEDOUX, D., LAUREYS, S.* , & Piarulli, A.*. (June 2022). Neural and subjective effects of syncope-episodes [Poster presentation]. Organization for Humain Brain Mapping (OHBM) 2022.
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Gosseries, O., Cardone, P., Alnagger, N., & Martial, C. (2022). How can psychedelics help the understanding of (disorders of) consciousness ? [Paper presentation]. PSBE meeting in Liège, Liège, Belgium.

Martial, C. (May 2022). Near-death experiences as a probe to explore disconnected consciousness [Paper presentation]. Conférences Liégeoises d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, Liège, Belgium.

Martial, C. (2022). Les expériences de mort imminente : à la recherche de cet état de conscience [Paper presentation]. Skeptics in the Pub, Liège, Belgium.

Martial, C. (20 April 2022). Near-death experience as a probe to explore (disconnected) consciousness (keynote talk) [Paper presentation]. The Science of Consciousness (TSC) conference, Tucson, United States - Arizona.
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Gosseries, O., Marie, N., Martial, C., Annen, J., Piarulli, A., Oswald, V., Castillo, M.-C., Bioy, A., Hollanders, P., Panda, R., Bicego, A. Y., Sombrun, C., LAUREYS, S., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (07 April 2022). Phenomenological experience and neurophysiological correlates of trance in healthy individuals [Poster presentation]. 13th Symposium of the BIAL Foundation “Behind and Beyond the Brain”, Porto, Portugal.
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Martial, C. (2022). Fact or fiction: memories of coma [Paper presentation]. WCD Topic 9: Coma Memories.

Martial, C., Charland-Verville, V., Gosseries, O., CASSOL, H., Ledoux, D., Laureys, S., & Piarulli, A. (2022). Syncope models the near-death-like experience [Poster presentation]. 25th edition of the Association of Scientific Studies of Consciousness (ASSC), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Bonin, E., Binda Fossati, M. L., Chatelle, C., Martens, G., Martial, C., Briand, M.-M., Bejor, M., Laureys, S., & Thibaut, A. (2022). Pain and spastic features in chronic DOC patient: A cross-sectional retrospective study. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. doi:10.1016/j.rehab.2021.101566
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Cardone, P., Bonhomme, A., Bonhomme, V., Scott, G., Alnagger, N., Lejeune, N., Van Goethem, S., Carhart-Harris, R. L., Laureys, S., Martial, C.* , & Gosseries, O.*. (2022). Psychedelics to treat disorders of consciousness: protocol for a randomized clinical trial with ketamine [Paper presentation]. TSC 2022 - The Science of Consciousness Conference.
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Kondziella, D., & Martial, C. (2022). Response to: Near-death experiences and the importance of transparency in subjectivity, ontology and epistemology [letter to the editor]. Brain Communications.
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Martial, C. (2022). Les expériences de mort imminente : Un domaine émergeant de la recherche. In Les dimensions invisibles de la Conscience, la mort et le deuil. Bruxelles, Belgium: Satas.
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Martial, C. (2022). Near-death experiences and anesthesia: is there a link? [Paper presentation]. Euroanaesthesia, Milan, Italy.
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MASSART, Q., Martial, C., DAMS, L., CHOQUER, L., Dardenne, N., Ledoux, D., Misset, B., Laureys, S., & Rousseau, A.-F. (2022). Near‐death experience in all categories ICU survivors: incidence, influencing factors, and long‐term impact. Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, 10 (2), 4.
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Martial, C. (2021). Near-death experiences in the public debate: A scientific perspective. In ALIUS BULLETIN: Exploring the diversity of consciousness. ALIUS. doi:10.34700/0bzc-fc94
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Martial, C. (29 November 2021). Near-death experiences within the scope of consciousness [Paper presentation]. 5th Workshop of the Michigan Technological University, Houghton, United States.

Martial, C. (2021). Coma, conscience & neuroimagerie [Paper presentation]. Cycle de conférences du Syndicat d'initiative de Barvaux-sur-Ourthe, Barvaux-sur-Ourthe, Belgium.

Martial, C. (2021). Que nous dit la science à propos des expériences de mort imminente ? [Paper presentation]. Journée Emergences : Evoquer la mort pour éclairer la vie, Bruxelles, Belgium.

Aubinet, C.* , Cassol, H.* , BODART, O.* , Sanz, L., Wannez, S., Martial, C., THIBAUT, A., Martens, G., Carrière, M., Gosseries, O., LAUREYS, S.* , & Chatelle, C.*. (September 2021). Simplified Evaluation of CONsciousness Disorders (SECONDs) in individuals with severe brain injury: A validation study. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 64 (5), 101432. doi:10.1016/j.rehab.2020.09.001
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Perl, Y. S., Pallavicini, C., Ipiña, I. P., Demertzi, A., BONHOMME, V., Martial, C., Panda, R., Annen, J., Ibañez, A., Kringelbach, M., Deco, G., Laufs, H., Sitt, J., Laureys, S., & Tagliazucchi, E. (2021). Perturbations in dynamical models of whole-brain activity dissociate between the level and stability of consciousness. PLoS Computational Biology. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009139
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Thibaut, A.* , Panda, R.* , Annen, J., Sanz, L., Naccache, L., Martial, C., Chatelle, C., Aubinet, C., Bonin, E., Briand, M.-M., Cecconi, B., Wannez, S., Stender, J., Laureys, S., & Gosseries, O. (03 May 2021). Preservation of brain activity in unresponsive patients identifies MCS star. Annals of Neurology, 90 (1), 89-100. doi:10.1002/ana.26095
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Martial, C. (March 2021). Les expériences de mort imminente et les changements de vie consécutifs [Paper presentation]. Le rétablissement en psychogériatrie: une nouvelle alliance entre soignants et personnes agées, Paris, France.
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Sanz, L.* , Aubinet, C.* , Cassol, H., BODART, O., Wannez, S., Bonin, E., Barra, A., Lejeune, N., Martial, C., Chatelle, C., LEDOUX, D., Laureys, S., Thibaut, A., & Gosseries, O. (2021). SECONDs administration guidelines: A fast tool for assessing consciousness in brain-injured patients. Journal of Visualized Experiments, (168), 61968. doi:10.3791/61968
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Martial, C., Greyson, B., Simon, J., Puttaert, N., Gosseries, O., CHARLAND-VERVILLE, V., LAUREYS, S., & Cassol, H. (2021). Response to “A new scale to assess near-death experiences” [Letter to the Editor]. Journal of Near-Death Studies.
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Candia-Rivera, D.* , Annen, J.* , Gosseries, O., Martial, C., THIBAUT, A., LAUREYS, S.* , & Tallon-Baudry, C.*. (2021). Neural responses to heartbeats detect residual signs of consciousness during resting state in post-comatose patients. Journal of Neuroscience. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1740-20.2021
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Peinkhofer, C.* , Martial, C.* , Cassol, H., Laureys, S., & Kondziella, D. (2021). The evolutionary origin of near-death experiences: a systematic investigation. Brain Communications, 3 (3), 132. doi:10.1093/braincomms/fcab132
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Cardone, P., Bonhomme, A., BONHOMME, V., Scott, G., Alnagger, N., Timmermann, C., Ramaekers, J. G., Vollenweider, F. X., Carhart-Harris, R. L., Laureys, S., Martial, C., & Gosseries, O. (2021). Restoring complexity via psychedelics in patients with DoC: study protocol for two placebo-controlled RCTs [Poster presentation]. HBP Summit 2021.
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Montupil, J., Martial, C., Gosseries, O., DEFRESNE, A., Cardone, P., KIRSCH, M., Mozin, C., Bonhomme, A., STAQUET, C., & BONHOMME, V. (2021). The nature of consciousness in anesthesia. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/256938.

Annen, J.* , Panda, R.* , Martial, C., Piarulli, A., Nery, G., Sanz, L., Valdivia-Valdivia, J., LEDOUX, D., Gosseries, O., & Laureys, S. (2021). Mapping the functional brain state of a world champion freediver in static dry apnea. Brain Structure and Function, 226, 2675–2688. doi:10.1007/s00429-021-02361-1
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Thibaut, A., Di Perri, C., Heine, L., Moissenet, F., Chantraine, F., Schreiber, C., Filipetti, P., Martial, C., Annen, J., Laureys, S., & Gosseries, O. (2021). Neuroplastic changes mediate motor recovery with implanted peroneal nerve stimulator in individuals with chronic stroke: an open-label multimodal pilot study. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. doi:10.1016/j.rehab.2020.01.004
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López-González, A.* , Panda, R.* , Ponce-Alvarez, A., Zamora-López, G., Escrichs, A., Martial, C., Thibaut, A., Kringelbach, M. L., Annen, J., Laureys, S., & Gustavo, D. (2021). Loss of consciousness reduces the stability of brain hubs and the heterogeneity of brain dynamics. Communications Biology. doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02537-9
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Piarulli, A., Annen, J., Kupers, R., Laureys, S., & Martial, C. (2021). High-Density EEG in a Charles Bonnet Syndrome Patient during and without Visual Hallucinations: A Case-Report Study. Cells. doi:10.3390/cells10081991
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Annen, J., Sala, A., Bonin, E., Sanz, L., Barra, A., Cecconi, B., Vitello, M., Szymkowicz, E., Cardone, P., BERNARD, C., Martial, C., LAUREYS, S., Gosseries, O., & Thibaut, A. (2021). FDG-PET/CT data of healthy volunteers and patients with disorders of consciousness. doi:10.25493/7TXP-WCF

Gosseries, O., & Martial, C. (2021). The Use of Psychedelics in the Treatment of Disorders of Consciousness. In ALIUS BULLETIN: Exploring the diversity of consciousness (n°4). ALIUS. doi:10.34700/gv0w-y052
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Cardone, P., Bodart, O., KIRSCH, M., Sanfilippo, J., Virgilitto, A., Martial, C., Simon, J., Wannez, S., Sanders, R., LAUREYS, S., Massimini, M., BONHOMME, V., & Gosseries, O. (2021). Cortical excitability changes non-linearly in dexmedetomidine sedation [Poster presentation]. OHBM 2021.
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Cardone, P., Bodart, O., Kirsch, M., Sanfilippo, J., Virgillito, A., Martial, C., Simon, J., Wannez, S., Sanders, R. D., Laureys, S., Massimini, M., Bonhomme, V., & Gosseries, O. (2021). Depth of sedation with dexmedetomidine modulates cortical excitability non-linearly. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/261595. doi:10.1101/2021.06.04.447060

Martial, C., Fontaine, G., Gosseries, O., Carhart-Harris, R., Timmermann, C., Laureys, S., & Cassol, H. (2021). Losing the Self in Near-Death Experiences: The Experience of Ego-Dissolution. Brain Sciences, 11 (7). doi:10.3390/brainsci11070929
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Martial, C. (2020). Les expériences de mort imminente : que nous apprend la recherche empirique ? [Paper presentation]. Les états de conscience aux frontières de la mort, Paris, France.

Martial, C., Simon, J., Puttaert, N., Gosseries, O., CHARLAND-VERVILLE, V., Nyssen, A.-S., Greyson, B., LAUREYS, S., & Cassol, H. (2020). The Near-Death Experience Content (NDE-C) scale: Development and psychometric validation. Consciousness and Cognition. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2020.103049
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Carrière, M., Larroque, S. K., Martial, C., Bahri, M. A., Aubinet, C., Perrin, F., LAUREYS, S., & Heine, L. (2020). An Echo of Consciousness: Brain Function During Preferred Music. Brain Connectivity. doi:10.1089/brain.2020.0744
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Martial, C., Cassol, H., & LAUREYS, S. (2020). De NDE als opkomend wetenschappelijk onderzoeksgebied. In Pim van Lommel, Het geheim van Elysion: 45 jaar studie naar nabij-de-dood-ervaringen over bewustzijn in liefde zonder waarheen. Van Warven Produkties.
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Sanz Perl, Pallavicini, C., Pérez Ipiña, I., Demertzi, A., BONHOMME, V., Martial, C., Panda, R., Annen, J., Ibañez, A., Kringelbach, M., Deco, G., Laufs, H., Sitt, J., LAUREYS, S., & Tagliazucchi, E. (2020). Perturbations in dynamical models of whole-brain activity dissociate between the level and stability of consciousness. PLoS Biology. doi:10.1101/2020.07.02.185157
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Cassol, H., Bonin, E., Bastin, C., Puttaert, N., Charland-Verville, V., Laureys, S., & Martial, C. (May 2020). Near-Death Experience Memories Include More Episodic Components Than Flashbulb Memories. Frontiers in Psychology, 11 (888). doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00888
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Aubinet, C., Cassol, H., BODART, O., Sanz, L., Wannez, S., Martial, C., Thibaut, A., Martens, G., Carrière, M., Gosseries, O., Laureys, S., & Chatelle, C. (May 2020). Validation of the SECONDs: a new short scale to assess disorders of consciousness [Paper presentation]. 6th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology.
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Thibaut, A., Panda, R., Gosseries, O., Martial, C., Aubinet, C., Cassol, H., Barra, A., Sanz, L., Chatelle, C., & Laureys, S. (May 2020). Neural correlates of (non-)behavioural signs of consciousness – what can we learn from resting state neuroimaging? [Paper presentation]. Congress of the European Academy of Neurology.
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Martial, C. (16 March 2020). Communication and therapeutic interventions in patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness [Paper presentation]. Chronic Disorders of Consciousness: clinical recommendations European Academy of Neurology, multimodal assessment, accompaniment and therapeutic interventions, St Petersburg, Russia.
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Martial, C. (16 March 2020). Multimodal assessments of patients with disorders of consciousness [Paper presentation]. Chronic Disorders of Consciousness: clinical recommendations European Academy of Neurology, multimodal assessment, accompaniment and therapeutic interventions, St Petersburg, Russia.
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Martial, C. (2020). Les expériences de mort imminente: où en est la recherche? [Paper presentation]. Le deuil et les dimensions invisibles de la conscience, Liège, Belgium.

Martial, C., Cassol, H., Laureys, S., & Gosseries, O. (2020). Near-death experience as a probe to explore (disconnected) consciousness. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2019.12.010
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Charland-Verville, V.* , Ribeiro de Paula, D.* , Martial, C., Cassol, H., Antonopoulos, G., Blaine, C., Soddu, A.* , & Laureys, S.*. (2020). Characterization of near-death experiences using text mining analyses: a preliminary study. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0227402
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Martial, C. (2020). Expériences de mort imminente: des états (in)conscients?

Aubinet, C., Cassol, H., Gosseries, O., Bahri, M. A., Larroque, S. K., Majerus, S., Martial, C., Martens, G., Carrière, M., Chatelle, C., Laureys, S., & Thibaut, A. (2020). Brain Metabolism but Not Gray Matter Volume Underlies the Presence of Language Function in the Minimally Conscious State (MCS): MCS+ Versus MCS− Neuroimaging Differences. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 34 (2), 172-184. doi:10.1177/1545968319899914
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Lejeune, N., Thibaut, A., Martens, G., Martial, C., Wannez, S., LAUREYS, S., & Chatelle, C. (2020). Can the Nociception Coma Scale-Revised be used in patients with a tracheostomy? Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2019.09.020
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Martial, C. (2020). Postface. In F. Lallier, Expériences de mort imminente : Peut-on vraiment parler de mort ?Edition Leduc.
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Carrière, M., Cassol, H., Aubinet, C., Panda, R., THIBAUT, A., Larroque, S., Simon, J., Martial, C., Bahri, M. A., Chatelle, C., Martens, G., Chennu, S., LAUREYS, S., & Gosseries, O. (2020). Auditory localisation should be considered as a sign of minimally conscious state based on multimodal findings. Brain Communications. doi:10.1093/braincomms/fcaa195
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Martens, G., Kroupi, E., Bodien, Y., Frasso, G., Annen, J., Cassol, H., Barra, A., Martial, C., Gosseries, O., Lejeune, N., Soria-Frisch, A., Ruffini, G., Laureys, S., & Thibaut, A. (2020). Behavioral and electrophysiological effects of network-based frontoparietal tDCS in patients with severe brain injury: A randomized controlled trial. NeuroImage: Clinical. doi:10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102426
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Rudas, J., Martinez, D., Castellanos, G., Demertzi, A., Martial, C., Carrière, M., Aubinet, C., Soddu, A., Laureys, S., & Gomez, F. (2020). Time-Delay Latency of Resting-State Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent Signal Related to the Level of Consciousness in Patients with Severe Consciousness Impairment. Brain Connectivity, 10 (2), 83-94. doi:10.1089/brain.2019.0716
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Barra, A., Carrière, M., LAUREYS, S., & Martial, C. (2020). From unconscious to conscious: a spectrum of states. In M. Overgaard, J. Mogensen, ... A. Kirkeby-Hinrup, Beyond the Neural Correlates of Consciousness. Taylor & Francis.
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Bonin, E., Lejeune, N., Thibaut, A., Cassol, H., Antonopoulos, G., Wannez, S., Martial, C., Schnakers, C., LAUREYS, S., & Chatelle, C. (2020). Nociception Coma Scale Revised allows to identify patients with preserved neural basis for pain experience. Journal of Pain. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2019.11.004
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Cassol, H., Martial, C., & Laureys, S. (2019). Les expériences de mort imminente. In A. Dechene & B. Dupont, Crises. Liège, Belgium: ULiège - Université de Liège.
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Martial, C., Mensen, A., CHARLAND-VERVILLE, V., VANHAUDENHUYSE, A., Rentmeister, D., Bahri, M. A., Cassol, H., Englebert, J., Gosseries, O., LAUREYS, S., & Faymonville, M.-E. (2019). Neurophenomenology of near-death experience memory in hypnotic recall: a within-subject EEG study. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-50601-6
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Larroque, S. K., Carrière, M., Martial, C., & Laureys, S. (23 September 2019). A clinical and research 3T MRI protocol under 30 minutes [Paper presentation]. 13th CME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering, Dortmund, Germany.
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BONHOMME, V., STAQUET, C., Montupil, J., DEFRESNE, A., KIRSCH, M., Martial, C., VANHAUDENHUYSE, A., Chatelle, C., Larroque, S. K., Raimondo, F., Demertzi, A., BODART, O., LAUREYS, S., & Gosseries, O. (2019). General Anesthesia: A Probe to Explore Consciousness. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. doi:10.3389/fnsys.2019.00036
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Annen, J., Filippini, M. M., Bonin, E., Cassol, H., Aubinet, C., Carrière, M., Gosseries, O., Thibaut, A., Barra, A., Wolff, A., Sanz, L., Martial, C., Laureys, S., & Chatelle, C. (18 July 2019). Diagnostic accuracy of the CRS-R index in patients with disorders of consciousness. Brain Injury, 33 (11), 1409-1412. doi:10.1080/02699052.2019.1644376
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Ippoliti, C., Larroque, S. K., Sanz, L., Bahri, M. A., Carrière, M., Aubinet, C., Martial, C., Heine, L., Charland-Verville, V., VANHAUDENHUYSE, A., Di Perri, C., Laureys, S., & Gosseries, O. (30 June 2019). Greater preserved baseline functional MRI connectivity in zolpidem responders compared to non-responders in patients with disorders of consciousness [Paper presentation]. Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Oslo, Norway.
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Martial, C. (26 June 2019). Neurochemical models of near-death experiences: a large-scale study based on the semantic similarity of written reports [Paper presentation]. The 23rd meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, London, Canada.
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Alcauter, S., Carrière, M., Raimondo, F., BONHOMME, V., KIRSCH, M., Martial, C., TSHIBANDA, L., Laureys, S., Barrios, F., & Demertzi, A. (10 June 2019). BOLD power spectral density differentiates patients with pathological consciousness [Poster presentation]. 25th Annual meeting of the Organization of the Human Brain Mapping, Rome, Italy.
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Panda, R., Annen, J., Gosseries, O., Demertzi, A., Martial, C., Carrière, M., Aubinet, C., Tshibanda, L., & Laureys, S. (10 June 2019). Brain functional network segregation and integration in patients with disorders of consciousness [Paper presentation]. 25th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Rome, Italy.
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Martial, C. (2019). Les expériences de mort imminente : où en est la recherche ? [Paper presentation]. Cycle de Conférences, Verviers, Belgium.

Cassol, H., Martial, C., Annen, J., Martens, G., Charland-Verville, V., Majerus, S., & Laureys, S. (14 May 2019). Vivid memories from hell: A systematic analysis of distressing near death experience accounts [Poster presentation]. Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS), Liege, Belgium.
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Martial, C. (2019). Les expériences de mort imminente [Paper presentation]. Rotary Conference, Liège, Belgium.

Martial, C. (30 March 2019). Les expériences de mort imminente: que nous apprennent les neurosciences? [Paper presentation]. La mort: Sciences et techniques à l'heure du grand passage, Paris, France.
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Carrière, M., Cassol, H., Aubinet, C., Panda, R., Thibaut, A., Martial, C., Bahri, M. A., Larroque, S. K., Chatelle, C., Martens, G., Phillips, C., Majerus, S., Laureys, S., & Gosseries, O. (16 March 2019). Is auditory localization a sign of consciousness? Evidence from neuroimaging and electrophysiology [Paper presentation]. 13th World Congress on Brain Injury, Toronto, Canada.
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Annen, J., Filippini, M. M., Bonin, E., Aubinet, C., Carrière, M., Cassol, H., Gosseries, O., Thibaut, A., Barra, A., Wolff, A., Sanz, L., Martial, C., LAUREYS, S., & Chatelle, C. (16 March 2019). Diagnostic accuracy of a CRS-R modified score in patients with disorders of consciousness [Paper presentation]. 13th World congress on brain injury, Toronto, Canada.
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Lejeune, N., Thibaut, A., Martens, G., Martial, C., Wannez, S., Laureys, S., & Chatelle, C. (16 March 2019). Investigating the influence of a tracheostomy on the evaluation with the Nociception Coma Scale – Revised [Poster presentation]. 13th International Brain Injury Association Congress, Toronto, Canada.
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Wolff, A., Estraneo, A., Noé, Q., Formisano, R., Lamberti, G., Masotta, O., Lo Sapio, D., Ferri, J., Blandiaux, S., Aubinet, C., Cassol, H., Carrière, M., Sanz, L., Barra, A., Annen, J., Bonin, E., Thibaut, A., Chatelle, C., Martial, C., ... Gosseries, O. (15 March 2019). International validation of the Phone Outcome Questionnaire for patients with Disorders Of Consciousness [Poster presentation]. THE 13TH WORLD CONGRESS ON BRAIN INJURY, Toronto, Canada. doi:10.1080/02699052.2019.1608749
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Bonin, E., Lejeune, N., Thibaut, A., Cassol, H., Antonopoulos, G., Wannez, S., Martial, C., Schnakers, C., LAUREYS, S., & Chatelle, C. (14 March 2019). Nociception Coma Scale Revised allows to identify patients with preserved neural basis for pain experience [Poster presentation]. 13th World congress on brain injury, Toronto, Canada.
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Martial, C.* , Cassol, H.* , Charland-Verville, V., Pallavicini, C., Sanz, C., Zamberlan, F., Martínez Vivot, R., Erowid, F., Erowid, E., LAUREYS, S., Greyson, B., & Tagliazucchi, E. (2019). Neurochemical models of near-death experiences: a large-scale study based on the semantic similarity of written reports. Consciousness and Cognition. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2019.01.011
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Cassol, H., D'Argembeau, A., Charland-Verville, V., Laureys, S.* , & Martial, C.*. (01 March 2019). Memories of near-death experiences: are they self-defining? Neuroscience of Consciousness, 5 (1). doi:10.1093/nc/niz002
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Demertzi, A.* , Tagliazucchi, E.* , Dehaene, S., Deco, G., Barttfeld, P., Raimondo, F., Martial, C., Fernandez-Espejo, D., Rohaut, B., Voss, H., Schiff, N., Owen, A., Laureys, S., Naccache, L., & Sitt, J. (February 2019). Human consciousness is supported by dynamic complex patterns of brain signal coordination. Science Advances, 5 (2), 7603. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aat7603
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Larroque, S. K., Riganello, F., Bahri, M. A., Heine, L., Martial, C., Carrière, M., Charland-Verville, V., Aubinet, C., VANHAUDENHUYSE, A., Chatelle, C., Laureys, S., & Di Perri, C. (25 January 2019). A Heartbeat Away From Consciousness: Heart Rate Entropy Can Assess Consciousness [Poster presentation]. Predictive Processing, Consciousness, and Self, Bochum, Germany.
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Riganello, F., Larroque, S. K., Bahri, M. A., Heine, L., Martial, C., Carrière, M., CHARLAND-VERVILLE, V., Aubinet, C., VANHAUDENHUYSE, A., Laureys, S., & Di Perri, C. (17 January 2019). 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 [Poster presentation]. Belgian Brain Congress 2018, Liège, Belgium. doi:10.3389/conf.fnins.2018.95.00018
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Wu, G.-R., Di Perri, C., CHARLAND-VERVILLE, V., Martial, C., Carrière, M., VANHAUDENHUYSE, A., LAUREYS, S., & Marinazzo, D. (2019). Modulation of the spontaneous hemodynamic response function across levels of consciousness. NeuroImage. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.07.011
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Cassol, H., Martial, C., Annen, J., Martens, G., Charland-Verville, V., Majerus, S., & Laureys, S. (2019). A systematic analysis of distressing near-death experience accounts. Memory, 27, 1122-1129. doi:10.1080/09658211.2019.1626438
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Martial, C., Larroque, S. K., Cavaliere, C., Wannez, S., Annen, J., Kupers, R., LAUREYS, S., & Di Perri, C. (2019). Resting-state functional connectivity and cortical thickness characterization of a patient with Charles Bonnet syndrome. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0219656
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Martial, C. (2019). Les expériences de mort imminente: Que nous apprennent les neurosciences? ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/234274.

Martial, C. (2018). Les états altérés de conscience : où en est la recherche ? [Paper presentation]. Cycle de Conférence de l'ASBL “Les amis du Zoute”, Knokke, Belgium.

Martial, C. (November 2018). Lésions cérébrales, troubles de la conscience: enjeux éthiques du neuro-diagnostic [Paper presentation]. XIIIèmes Journées Itinérantes Francophones d’Éthique des Soins de Santé: Éthique et soins de haute technologie, Liège, Belgium.

Cassol, H., D'Argembeau, A., Charland-Verville, V., Laureys, S., & Martial, C. (19 October 2018). Near-death experiences Are they self-defining? [Poster presentation]. Belgian Brain Congress (BBC) 2018, Liege, Belgium.
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Martial, C. (2018). Consciousness and near-death experiences: what is known, what is new [Paper presentation]. Lecture series at AZ Zeno, Knokke, Belgium.

Martial, C. (2018). Un si brillant cerveau: les états limites de conscience [Paper presentation]. Cycle de conférences du Conseil, Nandrin, Belgium.

Riganello, F.* , Larroque, S. K.* , Bahri, M. A., Heine, L., Martial, C., Carrière, M., CHARLAND-VERVILLE, V., Aubinet, C., VANHAUDENHUYSE, A., Chatelle, C., LAUREYS, S., & Di Perri, C. (12 September 2018). 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. Frontiers in Neurology, 9, 769. doi:10.3389/fneur.2018.00769
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Martial, C. (24 August 2018). Mesuring brain activity during remembering near-death experiences memories with hypnosis [Paper presentation]. XXI World Congress of Medical and Clinical Hypnosis, Montreal, Canada.
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Martial, C. (24 August 2018). Hypnosis: from science to clinic [Paper presentation]. XXI World Congress of Medical and Clinical Hypnosis, Montreal, Canada.
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Timmermann, C., Roseman, L., Williams, L., Erritzoe, D., Martial, C., Cassol, H., LAUREYS, S., Nutt, D., & Carhart-Harris, R. (2018). DMT models the near-death experience. Frontiers in Psychology. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01424
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Cassol, H., D'Argembeau, A., Charland-Verville, V., Laureys, S., & Martial, C. (28 June 2018). Memories of near-death experiences: Are they self-defining? [Poster presentation]. 22nd annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC22), Krakow, Poland.
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Aubinet, C., Cassol, H., BODART, O., Martial, C., Gosseries, O., Thibaut, A., LAUREYS, S., & Chatelle, C. (26 June 2018). Simplified Evaluation of CONsciousness Disorders (SECONDs):A new tool to assess consciousness in severely brain-injured patients [Poster presentation]. 4th Congress of the EAN.
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Riganello, F., Larroque, S. K., Bahri, M. A., Heine, L., Martial, C., Carrière, M., Charland-Verville, V., Aubinet, C., VANHAUDENHUYSE, A., Chatelle, C., Laureys, S., & Di Perri, C. (21 June 2018). 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 [Poster presentation]. Human Brain Project - International Conference - Understanding Consciousness, Barcelona, Belgium.
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Demertzi, A., Tagliazucchi, E., Dehaene, S., Deco, G., Barttfeld, P., Raimondo, F., Martial, C., Rohaut, B., Voss, H. U., Schiff, N. D., Owen, A. M., Laureys, S., Naccache, L., & Sitt, J. D. (17 June 2018). Dynamic inter-regional coordination patterns as specific predictors of consciousness [Poster presentation]. 4th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Thibaut, A., Chatelle, C., VANHAUDENHUYSE, A., Martens, G., Cassol, H., Barra, A., Martial, C., Carrière, M., LAUREYS, S., & Gosseries, O. (June 2018). Transcranial direct current stimulation unveils covert consciousness. Brain Stimulation, 11 (3), 642-644. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2018.02.002
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Martial, C., Cassol, H., Charland-Verville, V., Merckelbach, H., & LAUREYS, S. (2018). Fantasy proneness correlates with the intensity of near-death experience. Frontiers in Psychiatry. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00190
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Martial, C., Cassol, H., CHARLAND-VERVILLE, V., Merckelbach, H., & LAUREYS, S. (June 2018). People reporting "near-death-like experiences" show a greater engagement in fantasy [Poster presentation]. International HBP Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
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Martial, C., Cassol, H., CHARLAND-VERVILLE, V., Merckelbach, H., & Laureys, S. (June 2018). Fantasy proneness in near-death experiencers [Poster presentation]. The 22nd meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, Krakow, Poland.
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Cassol, H., Martial, C., Annen, J., Martens, G., Charland-Verville, V., & Laureys, S. (18 May 2018). Vivid memories from hell: A systematic analysis of distressing near-death experiences accounts [Poster presentation]. Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS) 2018, Gent, Belgium.
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Cassol, H., D'Argembeau, A., Charland-Verville, V., Laureys, S., & Martial, C. (18 May 2018). Are memories of near-death experiences self-defining? [Paper presentation]. Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences (BAPS) 2018, Gent, Belgium.
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Martens, G., Lejeune, N., O'Brien, A., Fregni, F., Martial, C., Wannez, S., Laureys, S., & Thibaut, A. (2018). Randomized controlled trial of home-based 4-week tDCS in chronic minimally conscious state. Brain Stimulation. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2018.04.021
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Martial, C. (2018). Characterization of near-death experiences and their experiencers [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/222404

MELOTTE, E.* , MAUDOUX, A.* , DELHALLE, S., Martial, C., Antonopoulos, G., Larroque, S., Wannez, S., FAYMONVILLE, M.-E., KAUX, J.-F., LAUREYS, S.* , Gosseries, O.* , & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A.*. (April 2018). Is oral feeding compatible with an unresponsive wakefulness syndrome? Journal of Neurology, 265 (4), 954-961. doi:10.1007/s00415-018-8794-y
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Annen, J., Frasso, G., Crone, J., Heine, L., Di Perri, C., Martial, C., Cassol, H., Demertzi, A., Naccache, L., & LAUREYS, S. (2018). Regional brain volumetry and brain function in severely brain-injured patients. Annals of Neurology. doi:10.1002/ana.25214
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Martial, C., Cassol, H., CHARLAND-VERVILLE, V., Merckelbach, H., & LAUREYS, S. (April 2018). Fantasy proneness correlates with near-death experiences, but only when they developed outside a life-threatening context [Poster presentation]. Behind and Beyond the Brain, Porto, Portugal.
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Martial, C. (2018). Un si brillant cerveau: les états limites de conscience et les expériences de mort imminente [Paper presentation]. Conférence « J’aurai 20 ans en 2030 », Liège, Belgium.

Cassol, H.* , Pétré, B.* , Degrange, S., Martial, C., Charland-Verville, V., Lallier, F., Bragard, I., Guillaume, M., & Laureys, S. (2018). Qualitative thematic analysis of the phenomenology of near-death experiences. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0193001
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Aubinet, C., Larroque, S. K., Heine, L., Martial, C., Majerus, S., Laureys, S., & Di Perri, C. (2018). Clinical sub-categorization of minimally conscious state according to resting functional connectivity. Human Brain Mapping, 39, 4519-4532. doi:10.1002/hbm.24303
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Wannez, S., Gosseries, O., Azzolini, D., Martial, C., Cassol, H., Aubinet, C., Annen, J., Martens, G., Bodart, O., Heine, L., Charland-Verville, V., Thibaut, A., Chatelle, C., VANHAUDENHUYSE, A., Demertzi, A., Schnakers, C., Donneau, A.-F., & Laureys, S. (2018). Prevalence of coma-recovery scale-revised signs of consciousness in patients in minimally conscious state. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 28 (8), 1350-1359. doi:10.1080/09602011.2017.1310656
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MELOTTE, E., MAUDOUX, A., DELHALLE, S., Martial, C., Antonopoulos, G., Larroque, S. K., Wannez, S., FAYMONVILLE, M.-E., KAUX, J.-F., LAUREYS, S., Gosseries, O., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (January 2018). Is oral feeding compatible with an unresponsive wakefulness syndrome? [Paper presentation]. Joint Congress of the DCRM, BNF-PRM and RBSPRM 2017, Maastricht, Netherlands. doi:10.2340/16501977-2311
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Di Perri, C.* , Amico, E.* , Heine, L., Annen, J., Martial, C., Larroque, S. K., Soddu, A., Marinazzo, D., & LAUREYS, S. (2018). Multifaceted Brain Networks Reconfiguration in Disorders of Consciousness Uncovered by Co-Activation Patterns. Human Brain Mapping. doi:10.1002/hbm.23826
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Chatelle, C., Hauger, S. L., Martial, C., Becker, F., Eifert, B., Boering, D., Giacino, J., LAUREYS, S., Løvstad, M., & Maurer-Karattup, P. (2018). 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. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2018.03.009
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Cassol, H., Aubinet, C., Thibaut, A., Wannez, S., Martial, C., Martens, G., & Laureys, S. (2018). Diagnostic, pronostic et traitements des troubles de la conscience. NPG : Neurologie, Psychiatrie, Gériatrie, 18. doi:10.1016/j.npg.2017.04.001
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Martial, C., Stawarczyk, D., & D'Argembeau, A. (2018). Neural correlates of context-independent and context-dependent self-knowledge. Brain and Cognition, 125, 23-31. doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2018.05.004
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Chatelle, C., Thibaut, A., Gosseries, O., Cassol, H., Aubinet, C., Carrière, M., Wolff, A., Martens, G., Barra, A., Martial, C., Blandiaux, S., Wannez, S., Charland-Verville, V., & Laureys, S. (2018). Fluctuation in behavioral responsiveness in severely brain-injured patients. European Journal of Neurology, 25 (2), 90–276.
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Stephan, J., Radiguer, F., Martial, C., Franconie, C., LAUREYS, S., & Wauquiez, G. (2017). États de conscience altérée: Quel rôle pour les neuropsychologues ? Neurologies.
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Martial, C. (2017). Le cerveau en question [Paper presentation]. Jeudi'stoire, Namur, Belgium.

Martial, C. (27 September 2017). Les expériences de mort imminente: le point de vue des neurosciences [Paper presentation]. 15ème Journées Scientifiques d'Internat, Marrakech, Morocco.
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Martial, C., Cassol, H., Antonopoulos, G., Charlier, T., Héros, J., Donneau, A.-F., Charland-Verville, V., & LAUREYS, S. (2017). Corrigendum: Temporality of Features in Near-Death Experience Narratives. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
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Aubinet, C., Heine, L., Martial, C., Majerus, S., Laureys, S., & Di Perri, C. (27 June 2017). Resting functional connectivity in minimally conscious state minus and plus [Poster presentation]. Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Vancouver, Canada.
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Wauquiez, G., Radiguer, F., Stephan, J., & Martial, C. (02 June 2017). Rôle des psychologues spécialisés en neuropsychologie auprès des patients en état de conscience altérée : état des lieux et perspectives [Poster presentation]. 41ème Journées de Printemps de la Société de Neuropsychologie de Langue Française, Grenoble, France.
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Martial, C., Cassol, H., Antonopoulos, G., Charlier, T., Héros, J., Donneau, A.-F., Charland-Verville, V., & Laureys, S. (2017). Temporality of Features in Near-Death Experience Narratives. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2017.00311
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Martial, C., Di Perri, C., Larroque, S. K., Cavaliere, C., Wannez, S., Kupers, R., & LAUREYS, S. (June 2017). Multimodal imaging analysis in Charles Bonnet Syndrome: a case report [Poster presentation]. Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Vancouver, Canada.
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MELOTTE, E., MAUDOUX, A., DELHALLE, S., Martial, C., Antonopoulos, G., Larroque, S. K., Wannez, S., FAYMONVILLE, M.-E., KAUX, J.-F., LAUREYS, S., Gosseries, O., & VANHAUDENHUYSE, A. (May 2017). Is oral feeding compatible with an unresponsive wakefulness syndrome? [Paper presentation]. 3rd annual Congress of the Belgian Society for Swallowing Disorders, Bruxelles, Belgium.
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Aubinet, C., Heine, L., Martial, C., Majerus, S., LAUREYS, S., & Di Perri, C. (31 March 2017). Clinical sub-categorization of minimally conscious state according to resting functional connectivity [Paper presentation]. 12th world congress on brain injury, Nouvelle-Orléans, United States.
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Martial, C. (March 2017). Can science explain consciousness? Lessons from coma and related states [Paper presentation]. APRU Invited Speaker Series 2016-17, London, United Kingdom.
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Martial, C. (2017). Near-death experiences: recent findings [Paper presentation]. Netwerk Nabij-de-Doodervaring, Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Aubinet, C., Heine, L., Martial, C., Majerus, S., LAUREYS, S., & Di Perri, C. (01 February 2017). Characterization of minimally conscious state minus and plus according to resting functional connectivity [Paper presentation]. GIGA Day 2017, Liège, Belgium.

Cassol, H., Pétré, B., Degrange, S., Martial, C., Charland-Verville, V., Guillaume, M., & Laureys, S. (01 February 2017). Application of Qualitative Thematic Analysis to Near-Death Experiences [Poster presentation]. GIGA-Day, Liege, Belgium.
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Wannez, S., Heine, L., Thonnard, M., BODART, O., Annen, J., Charland-Verville, V., Martens, G., Aubinet, C., Martial, C., VANHAUDENHUYSE, A., Chatelle, C., Thibaut, A., Schnakers, C., Demertzi, A., Gosseries, O.* , & LAUREYS, S.*. (2017). The repetition of behavioral assessments in diagnosis of disorders of consciousness. Annals of Neurology, 81 (6), 883-889. doi:10.1002/ana.24962
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Wannez, S.* , Hoyoux, T.* , Langohr, T., Bodart, O., Martial, C., Wertz, J., Chatelle, C., Verly, J., & Laureys, S. (2017). Objective assessment of visual pursuit in patients with disorders of consciousness: an exploratory study. Journal of Neurology. doi:10.1007/s00415-017-8469-0
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Martial, C., Charland-Verville, V., Cassol, H., Didone, V., Van der Linden, M., & Laureys, S. (2017). Intensity and memory characteristics of near-death experiences. Consciousness and Cognition. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2017.06.018
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Charland-Verville, V., Martial, C., Cassol, H., & Laureys, S. (2017). Near-death experiences: actual considerations. In C. Schnakers & S. Laureys, Coma and Disorders of Consciousness, Second Edition. Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-55964-3_14
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Martial, C., Charland-Verville, V., Dehon, H., & Laureys, S. (2017). False memory susceptibility in coma survivors with and without a near-death experience. Psychological Research. doi:10.1007/s00426-017-0855-9
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Amico, E., BODART, O., Rosanova, M., Gosseries, O., Heine, L., Van Mierlo, P., Martial, C., Massimini, M., Marinazzo, D.* , & Laureys, S.*. (2017). Tracking dynamic interactions between structural and functional connectivity: a TMS/EEG-dMRI study. Brain Connectivity. doi:10.1089/brain.2016.0462
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Annen, J., Frasso, G., Heine, L., Di Perri, C., Martial, C., Antonopoulos, G., Aubinet, C., Cassol, H., Demertzi, A., Naccache, L., Galanaud, Rohaut, B., Trinke, Crone, J. S., Kronbichler, Schabus, M., & Laureys, S. (2017). Changes in brain structure after severe brain Injury [Poster presentation]. Human Brain Project.
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Amico, E., Marinazzo, D., Di Perri, C., Heine, L., Annen, J., Martial, C., Dzemidzic, M., KIRSCH, M., BONHOMME, V., Laureys, S., & Goni, J. (2017). Mapping the functional connectome traits of levels of consciousness. NeuroImage. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.01.020
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Martens, G., Thibaut, A., Martial, C., & Laureys, S. (November 2016). Does multichannel-tDCS applied over the bilateral frontoparietal cortex improve the recovery of patients with disorders of consciousness? [Poster presentation]. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
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Cavaliere, C., Aiello, M., Di Perri, C., Amico, E., Martial, C., Thibaut, A., Laureys, S., & Soddu, A. (2016). Functional Connectivity Substrates for tDCS Response in Minimally Conscious State Patients. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. doi:10.3389/fncel.2016.00257
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Martens, G., Thibaut, A., Martial, C., & Laureys, S. (September 2016). Frontoparietal tDCS in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness: Double Blind Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial [Poster presentation]. 6th International Conference on Transcranial Brain Stimulation.
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Martial, C. (28 July 2016). Characteristics of ‘Near-Death Experiences’ memories and personal changes following ‘Near-Death Experiences’ [Paper presentation]. Explore the Extraordinary: Paths to Healing and Wholeness, Orlando, United States - Florida.
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Martial, C., Charland-Verville, V., Dehon, H., & Laureys, S. (19 July 2016). Investigating DRM false memories susceptibility in near-death experiencers [Poster presentation]. 6th International Conference on Memory (ICOM6), Hungary.
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Aubinet, C., & Martial, C. (13 June 2016). Exploration of consciousness: Disorders of consciousness & near-death experiences [Paper presentation]. Psychological perspectives - Student conference, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Annen, J.* , Heine, L.* , Ziegler, E., Frasso, G., Bahri, M. A., Di Perri, C., Stender, J., Martial, C., Wannez, S., D'Ostilio, K., Amico, E., Antonopoulos, G., BERNARD, C., TSHIBANDA, L., HUSTINX, R., & Laureys, S. (06 June 2016). Function–structure connectivity in patients with severe brain injury as measured by MRI-DWI and FDG-PET. Human Brain Mapping, 37 (11), 3707-3720. doi:10.1002/hbm.23269
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Di Perri, C., Amico, E., Martial, C., Heine, L., Marinazzo, D., & Laureys, S. (June 2016). Co-activation Patterns in patients with disorders of consciousness [Poster presentation]. Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Geneva, Switzerland.
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Martial, C. (June 2016). Exploration of consciousness: Disorders of consciousness & near-death experiences [Paper presentation]. Psychological Perspectives, Maastricht, Netherlands.

CHARLAND-VERVILLE, V., Martial, C., Jourdan, J.-P., & LAUREYS, S. (04 March 2016). A retrospective analysis of self-reported near-death experiences [Poster presentation]. Eleventh World Congress on Brain Injury, The Hague, Netherlands.
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Wannez, S., Annen, J., Aubinet, C., Thonnard, M., Charland-Verville, V., Heine, L., Habbal, D., Martial, C., Bodart, O., VANHAUDENHUYSE, A., Bruno, M.-A., Chatelle, C., Thibaut, A., Schnakers, C., Demertzi, A., Gosseries, O., & Laureys, S. (04 March 2016). Repeated Behavioral Assessments in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness [Paper presentation]. Eleventh World Congress on Brain Injury, The Hague, Netherlands.
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Heine, L., Castro, M., Martial, C., Tillmann, B., LAUREYS, S., & Perrin, F. (March 2016). Exploration of functional connectivity during preferred music stimulation in patients with disorders of consciousness [Poster presentation]. The Eleventh World Congress on Brain Injury (IBIA World Congress), The Hague, Netherlands.
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Amico, E., Marinazzo, D., Di Perri, C., Heine, L., Martial, C., Goni, J., & LAUREYS, S. (2016). Mapping the functional traits of levels of consciousness [Poster presentation]. Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Geneva, Switzerland.
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Martial, C. (December 2015). Imaging in Disorder of Self-Consciousness [Paper presentation]. 3rd European Congress of NeuroRehabilitation, Vienna, Austria.
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Heine, L., Castro, M., Martial, C., Tillmann, B., Laureys, S., & Perrin, F. (2015). Exploration of functional connectivity during preferred music stimulation in patients with disorders of consciousness. Frontiers in Psychology. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01704
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Martial, C. (16 October 2015). Les corrélats neuronaux de la conscience [Paper presentation]. 3ème Congrès International Francophone des Soins Palliatifs, Tunis, Tunisia.
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Martial, C. (2015). Etats de conscience altérée: évaluation clinique et techniques d'imagerie [Paper presentation]. Première journée européenne d’éveil du coma, Liège, Belgium.

Martial, C., & Dehon, H. (September 2015). Comparison of individuals’ susceptibility to false memory induced by both DRM and misinformation paradigms involving emotional material [Poster presentation]. 19th Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Paphos, Cyprus.
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Martial, C., Thibaut, A., Wannez, S., Donneau, A.-F., Gosseries, O., Chatelle, C., Bruno, M.-A., & LAUREYS, S. (June 2015). Controlled clinical trial of repeated left prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with chronic minimally conscious state [Poster presentation]. 1st Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Berlin, Germany.
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Annen, J., Heine, L., Ziegler, E., Stender, J., Bahri, M. A., Wannez, S., Bruno, M.-A., Thibaut, A., BERNARD, C., Antonopoulos, G., Di Perri, C., Martial, C., Amico, E., Demertzi, A., Salmon, E., Maquet, P., TSHIBANDA, L., HUSTINX, R., & Laureys, S. (June 2015). Multimodal characterization of default mode network structure and metabolism in patients with disorders of consciousness using diffusion weighted-MRI and 18F-FDG-PET [Poster presentation]. 1st Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Berlin, Germany.
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Martial, C., & Dehon, H. (May 2015). Comparison of individuals’ susceptibility to false memory induced by DRM and misinformation paradigms [Poster presentation]. Belgian Association for Psychological Science (BAPS 2015), Brussels, Belgium.
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Martial, C. (May 2015). Coma, état végétatif/non répondant, état de conscience minimale et locked-in syndrome [Paper presentation]. 6ème Journées Scientifiques Hassouna Ben Ayed, Djerba, Tunisia.
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Thibaut, A., Di Perri, C., Chatelle, C., Bruno, M.-A., Bahri, M. A., Wannez, S., Piarulli, A., BERNARD, C., Martial, C., Heine, L., HUSTINX, R., & Laureys, S. (2015). Clinical Response to tDCS Depends on Residual Brain Metabolism and Grey Matter Integrity in Patients With Minimally Conscious State. Brain Stimulation, 8 (6), 1116-23. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2015.07.024
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Martial, C. (2014). Comparaison de procédures d’induction de faux souvenirs impliquant un matériel émotionnel [Master’s dissertation, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/188034

Dehon, H., & Martial, C. (28 May 2013). Negative valence affects false working memories too [Poster presentation]. The annual BAPS (Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences) meeting, Louvain, Belgium.
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