... The enigmatic phenomenon has prompted a group of international scientists and physicians known as The Human Consciousness Project to launch AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation), which it bills as 'the world's first large-scale scientific study of what happens when we die and the relationship between mind and brain during clinical death.' The UVa Medical Center is one of numerous U.S. and European hospitals that will participate in the study. [Dr. Bruce] Greyson and UVa's Dr. Robert O'Connor are running the research locally.