Charlotte Martial is a researcher at Coma Science Group (GIGA-Consciousness, Université de Liège, Belgium). Within this team, she leads studies on the phenomenon of near-death experiences. Her field of interest encompasses episodes of "disconnected" consciousness, characterized by the living of a subjective mental experience without the perception of the external environment. Her research explores conditions where individuals present an absence of response to the environment, such as during general anesthesia or cardiac arrest, but experience "disconnected" consciousness as evidenced by subjective reports collected upon awakening. It also explores the neural correlates of other altered or modified states of consciousness, such as disorders of consciousness in post-coma patients.
