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What Happens When We Die? Consciousness Beyond the Brain at Division of Perceptual Studies | RC93

What Happens When We Die? Consciousness Beyond the Brain at Division of Perceptual Studies | RC93

Update: 2025-10-08
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My guest is Dr. Marina Weiler, a neuroscientist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies, also known as DOPS.

DOPS is one of the few academic research units in the world dedicated to exploring questions at the very frontier of science and spirituality—questions like: What happens when we die? Does consciousness exist beyond the brain? And how do we rigorously study phenomena often dismissed as “paranormal”?

With her background in medical sciences and neuroscience, Dr. Weiler brings both a skeptical eye and an open mind to this work. Together, we’ll explore how DOPS approaches the scientific study of near-death and out-of-body experiences, the survival of consciousness after death, and even reported cases of reincarnation.

This is a conversation that pushes us to the edge of what we know—and what we think we know—about mind, memory, and the mysteries of being human.

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What Happens When We Die? Consciousness Beyond the Brain at Division of Perceptual Studies | RC93

What Happens When We Die? Consciousness Beyond the Brain at Division of Perceptual Studies | RC93

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