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News: Contemplative Studies
Contemplative Studies
Can Love Change Your Mind? New Project Explores Neuroscience of ‘Positive Qualities’
September 10, 2008
Grant from Fetzer Institute allows Davidson's lab to explore the impact of love, other positive qualities on the brain
Neuroscience
Brain Scans Show Meditation Changes Minds, Increases Attention
June 25, 2007
Center Founder Richard Davidson, researchers find meditation increases activity in brain regions associated with attention, decision-making
Contemplative Studies
Meditation May Fine-Tune Control Over Attention
May 8, 2007
Center Founder Richard Davidson, research group find meditation may have lasting impact on brain's ability to regulate attention
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.
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
Mind, Brain and Emotion
The Dalai Lama and Scientists Unite to Study Meditation
May 23, 2001
Center Founder Richard Davidson, Dalai Lama, scientists and researchers gather on UW–Madison campus to discuss collaboration, continued scientific research on meditation