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Neuroscience
Study: Brain Structures Contribute to Asthma Attack Severity
August 29, 2005
Center Founder Richard Davidson is a co-senior author of study revealing link between brain's emotional processing centers and physiological symptoms of asthma
Research Findings
Study: Eye Contact Triggers Threat Signals in Autistic Children’s Brains
March 7, 2005
Center Founder Richard Davidson is senior author of a study revealing the over-activation of the brain's emotion processing center associated with negative feelings in children with autism
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.
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
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
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