News: Contemplative Studies
Grant from Fetzer Institute allows Davidson's lab to explore the impact of love, other positive qualities on the brain
Center Founder Richard Davidson, researchers find meditation increases activity in brain regions associated with attention, decision-making
Center Founder Richard Davidson, research group find meditation may have lasting impact on brain's ability to regulate attention
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.
Center Founder Richard Davidson leads study that finds lasting changes in brain, immune system due to participation in short mindfulness meditation program
Center Founder Richard Davidson, Dalai Lama, scientists and researchers gather on UW–Madison campus to discuss collaboration, continued scientific research on meditation