"It's mind-bending, norm-challenging work that explores the metaphysical-which is why I'd expected something a little more mystical. A spiral staircase, an owl, a crystal ball. The divination tower at Hogwarts. Certainly not a mid-rise straight out of Anywhere, USA. Only there it was, visible through the glass front door: a placard in the lobby reading "Division of Perceptual Studies." The door handle turned with a wiggle."
"They've devoted their careers to one of life's biggest questions: What happens when we die? The short answer: No one really knows. But the scientists at the Division of Perceptual Studies-DOPS, for short-are doing their best to find out. Founded in 1967, the 14-person group investigates the relationship between life and death, mind and brain, and the tantalizing, albeit woo-woo, possibility that when our physical bodies perish, our consciousness persists."
An inconspicuous condominium houses the Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia, a 14-person research unit founded in 1967. Researchers investigate relationships among life, death, mind, and brain, and examine claims that consciousness may persist after bodily death. Work includes interviewing children who report past-life memories, documenting spontaneous experiences such as premonitions, and conducting controlled experiments in specialized facilities including a Faraday cage. Staff review case reports, field emails describing anomalous experiences, and maintain extensive reference collections. The unit occupies a unique position in academia as one of the few institutional centers focused explicitly on psi and survival hypotheses.
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