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Mind, Brain and Emotion
Study: Meditation Changes the Brain’s Electrical Pattern
October 16, 2004

Study led by Center Founder Richard Davidson comparing brain-oscillation patterns shows higher frequency in brains of long-term Buddhist meditation practitioners than novice students in both meditative and resting states.

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Funding Announcements
$10.7 Million Grant to Help Unlock What Regulates Emotion
February 19, 2004

Center for Healthy Minds Founder Richard Davidson to direct research on emotional resiliency under 5-year National Institutes of Mental Health grant awarded to group of UW–Madison researchers

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Research Findings
Study Shows Brain Activity Influences Immune Function
September 2, 2003

Center Founder Richard Davidson is the senior author of a study exploring possible direct link between increased activity in the brain region associated with positive affect and an increase in immune system response

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Funding Announcements
NIH Selects UW-Madison for Autism Studies
July 15, 2003

Center Founder Richard Davidson plays lead role in UW-Madison branch of national NIH-funded autism research effort

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Research Findings
Meditation Produces Positive Changes in the Brain
February 6, 2003

Center Founder Richard Davidson leads study that finds lasting changes in brain, immune system due to participation in short mindfulness meditation program

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Research Findings
Brain Images Reveal Effects of Antidepressants
February 6, 2003

Center Founder Richard Davidson is co-author of a study on brain activity in clinically depressed individuals that could be used to predetermine the effectiveness of antideppressants