Center for Healthy Minds

A new course, piloted in conjunction with the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Virginia and Pennsylvania State University, aims to integrate extracurricular learning experiences with intellectual topics in the classroom

New research suggests that expectant mothers' mental health symptoms during pregnancy may affect their infants' brain development

Richard Davidson shares the latest research on why experience matters at the 2018 American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Austin, Texas

Center researchers are investigating cross-talk between the brain and lungs of people with asthma to understand how psychological stress can make asthma worse

A new study will bring a better scientific understanding of the unique stressors facing police officers

A Center team is examining the quality of meditation research across time to look at whether study designs are improving

The National Academy of Medicine, the premier authority dedicated to the health and medical sciences, has nominated Richard Davidson to become a member based on his outstanding professional achievements and commitment to service in the field

Meditation may decrease the risk of heart disease, according to a first-ever statement on the practice issued by the American Heart Association, with contributions from the Center for Healthy Minds

A new study is the first to suggest that the long-term practice of meditation may slow down the epigenetic clock in immune cells

The Center is releasing its mindfulness-based “Kindness Curriculum” for teachers and parents to implement with their preschoolers