Happiness as a Skill: The Brain’s Ability to Change Itself through Mental Training

Oct 16, 2014

Center Founder and Neuroscientist Richard Davidson leads a talk at Northwestern University to examine the brain's ability to change itself and enhance emotional well-being through mental training and contemplative practices.

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Unspoken Intelligence: Other Ways of Knowing, Extraordinary Cognition, and the Edges of Consciousness

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Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion: Neurocircuits, Hormones and the Understanding and Treatment of Psychopathology

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Join CHM Founder/Director Dr. Richie Davidson and Ned H. Kalin, MD, on April 22-23 for this year's Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion. The symposium... Learn More >

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Fireside chat with Jeff Weiner and Dr. Richie Davidson Hosted by the Wisconsin School of Business, the Center for Healthy Minds, and the non-profit Humin

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Join us for a fireside chat with Jeff Weiner, former CEO and now executive chairman of LinkedIn, and Dr. Richie Davidson, renowned neuroscientist... Learn More >