Center for Healthy Minds

Focusing on how global challenges can bring out the best in our humanity

A college student’s mind is constantly in motion. There are classes, homework, a social life, work, and more. But there’s growing research showing that we can all benefit from taking a few moments each day to, well, live in the moment. Center Postdoctoral Research Associate Matt Hirshberg answers questions about how mindfulness can help college students ease their mind.

A recent paper published by researchers at the Center for Healthy Minds shows that mindfulness training for preservice teachers leads to improvements in effective classroom teacher practices.

A new study shows that the young children of parents who take part in a compassion-based training program develop lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol over time.

Youth with bipolar depression responded better to an antipsychotic medicine if they had increased markers of inflammation in their blood

Los investigadores del Center for Healthy Minds introducen un nuevo paradigma basado en la evidencia científica que sugiere que el bienestar podría ser considerado como un conjunto de habilidades que las personas pueden aprender mediante la práctica en la vida diaria.