Research on Chico Xavier’s mediumistic writing

Definition of mediumship for research purposes. Why is it important to study mediumship? Study on the fit and accuracy of Chico Xavier’s mediumistic writing. Postdoctoral study of Alexandre Caroli Rocha and Denise Paraná at USP - University of Sao Paulo, in collaboration with UFJF - Federal University of Juiz de Fora, supported by a grant from Fapesp - Sao Paulo Research Foundation Prof. Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, PhD is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora School of Medicine (UFJF) and Founder and Director of the Research Center in Spirituality and Health, Brazil (). Formerly a postdoctoral fellow in religion and health at Duke University (USA). Chair of the WPA (World Psychiatric Association) Section on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry and coordinator of the section on spirituality of the Brazilian Psychiatric Association. Elizabeth Schmitt Freire is research fellow at NUPES-UFJF. She was Lecturer at University of Strathclyde and University of Aberdeen, Scotland, from 2007 to 2014. PhD in Psychology at UFRGS (Brazil) To know more: Rocha AC, Paraná D, Freire ES, Lotufo Neto F, Moreira-Almeida A. Investigating the fit and accuracy of alleged mediumistic writing: a case study of Chico Xavier’s letters. Explore 10(5):300-8, 2014. Moreira-Almeida, Alexander . Research on mediumship and the Mind-brain relationship. In: Moreira-Almeida, Alexander; Santana Santos, Franklin. (Org.). Exploring Frontiers of the Mind-Brain Relationship. York: Springer, 2012, v. , p. 191-213.