Nicole Lindsay
Nicole is a senior lecturer and researcher affiliated with the Centre for Indigenous Psychologies within the School of Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand. She completed a PhD on the topic of near-death experiences (NDEs) and continues to regularly publish on the topic. She also has interest and expertise in other anomalous/spiritual phenomena including end-of-life experiences (ELEs), mystical experiences and other extrasensory experiences that defy Western scientific rationalisation. She currently holds national and international research grants exploring topics such as the psi-related dream phenomena associated with NDEs, plant sentience, and supervises several PhD and master’s students exploring other exceptional experiences. She also has a keen interest in Indigenous psychologies, particularly those related to mātauranga Māori.
Some of Nicole’s recent publications
Haami, D., Gibson, R., Lindsay, N., & Tassell-Matamua, N. (2024). As the body sleeps, the spirit awakens: Exploring the spiritual experiences of contemporary Māori associated with sleep. Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences.
Apiti, A., Kora, A., Tassell-Matamua, N., Matamua, N., Moriarty, T., Lindsay, N. … & Baikalova, N. (2024). Mauri Hono: A Mauri Sensory Methodology. Methodological Innovations.
Lindsay, N., Tassell-Matamua, N., O’Sullivan, L., & Gibson, R. (2024). Trauma or transcendence? The relationship between near-death experiences and dreaming. Dreaming.
Waila, K., & Lindsay, N. (2024). Understanding the role of spirituality during COVID-19: A cross-cultural qualitative analysis. Mental Health, Religion & Culture.
Tassell-Matamua, N., Lindsay, N., & Winterbottom, J. (2024). Why Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) Matter to Psychology: An Exploration of Aotearoa New Zealand Psychologists' Knowledge of NDEs and Implications for Professional Practice. Journal of Near-Death Studies. 40(3), 177-199
Lindsay, N., Te Rangi, M., Grant, A., Bryers, T. (2024). Ka Tangi te Rākau. Story Map. ArcGIS Online. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1f60dda01c074adc91405103c56c056e
Lindsay, N., O'Sullivan, L., Gibson, R., Ladyman, C., & Tassell-Matamua, N. (2023). Near-Death Experiences and Sleep Disturbance: An Exploratory Study Using Wrist Actigraphy. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 211(11), 856-861
O’Sullivan, L., & Lindsay, N. (2022). The relationship between spiritual intelligence, resilience, and well-being in an Aotearoa New Zealand sample. Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health.
Lindsay, N., Haami, D., Tassell-Matamua, N., Pomare, P., Valentine, H., Pahina, J., Ware, F., & Pidduck, P. (2022). The spiritual experiences of contemporary Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand: A qualitative analysis. Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, 24(1), 74–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/19349637.2020.1825152
Lindsay, N., Tassell-Matamua, N., Haami, D., Ware, F., Valentine, H., & Pomare, P. (2021). Construction of a ‘Beliefs about Exceptional Experiences Scale’ (BEES): Implications of preliminary findings in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal for the Study of Spirituality. 11 (2), 145-158
Tassell-Matamua, N., Lindsay, N, Moriarty. T., & Haami. (2021). Indigenous Māori notions of spirit and spirituality as enablers of resilience and flourishing in Aotearoa New Zealand. In Weaver, H.N. (Ed.). The Routledge International Handbook of Indigenous Resilience (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003048428
Tassell-Matamua, N., & Lindsay, N. (2020). Impartiality as an obligation in NDE research. Response to Near-death experiences: To the edge of the universe. Journal of Consciousness Studies.
Lindsay, N., & Tassell-Matamua, N. A. (2020). Subjective sleep quality after a near-death experience. Journal of Near-Death Studies.
Lindsay, N., & Tassell-Matamua, N. A. (2020). Near-death experiences and afterlife belief: A mixed-method analysis. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.
Tassell-Matamua, N., & Lindsay, N. (2017). Undergraduate Psychology Students' Knowledge and Attitudes About Near-Death Experiences: Does Education About NDEs Make a Difference? Journal of Near-Death Studies, 36(1), 27-52.
Tassell-Matamua, N., Lindsay, N., Bennett, S., Valentine, H., & Pahina, J. (2017). Does Learning About Near-Death Experiences Promote Psycho-Spiritual Benefits in Those Who Have Not Had a Near-Death Experience? Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health, 19(2), 95-115.
Tassell-Matamua, N. A., & Lindsay, N. (2016). “I’m not afraid to die”: the loss of the fear of death after a near-death experience. Mortality, 21(1), 71-87.