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Research Findings
Changing Brains for the Better
April 17, 2012

There are practices that can change our brains for the better, according to new Center research

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Event Announcements
Earth Day Conference to Explore Economic Growth, Happiness
April 3, 2012

Richard Davidson of the Center for Healthy Minds to participate in UW–Madison Earth Day activities

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Research Findings
A Wandering Mind Reveals Mental Processes and Priorities
March 15, 2012

What are the costs when our minds wander?

Richard Davidson at book signing
Well-Being in Adults
In New Book, Leading Neuroscientist Describes Your Brain on Emotion
March 5, 2012

Center Founder Richard Davidson authors a new book on the science of emotions

lab-brain-scan-computer-screen-researcher-Jeff-Miller-WEB
Philanthropy
How Does the Compassionate Brain, Measured in the Lab, Predict What Occurs in Real Life?
February 1, 2012

The John Templeton Foundation gives a grant to the Center to study virtues such as altruism and compassion

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Event Announcements
Forum Considers Human Consciousness
April 26, 2011

The 10th annual International Bioethics Forum, “Manifesting the Mind,” will explore perspectives on human consciousness at its two-day symposium