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Center for Healthy Minds Shares Crucial Findings of No Symptom Worsening Following Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy 

August 20, 2026

Researchers have released findings of no evidence that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) increased a risk of symptom worsening, in a... Learn More >

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Latest CHM Study Aims to End the Trial and Error of Mental Health Care

August 19, 2026

What if there were a more timely, nimble and accurate way to measure people’s mental wellbeing to understand when treatment starts working and for... Learn More >

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Community Wisdom is Transforming Wellbeing Initiatives and Research

June 24, 2026

Collaborations between Wisconsin community members and Center for Healthy Minds highlight the power of initiatives and research grounded in trust,... Learn More >

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Protracted hot weather can make people depressed

August 9, 2023

The correlation between heat and mental health is only beginning to be measured. [Photo credit: Dreamstime/TNS] Learn More

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Study to launch: Can Smartphone-based meditation training ease adolescent depression?

July 27, 2023

Can a free smartphone-based meditation app could help reduce adolescent depression? Learn More >

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Well-being can be learned

July 27, 2023

Did you know Richard J. Davidson meditates "every single day" for about 45 minutes? Dig into this Q&A with Richie, Founder and Director of The... Learn More

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Center for Healthy Minds at UW–Madison to launch research on connection between asthma and Alzheimer’s disease

June 29, 2023

Chronic inflammatory diseases can compromise brain health and increase dementia risk, but why and how that happens is a lingering scientific... Learn More >

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A Slight Change of Plans: “A Meditation Scientist Changes My Mind”

June 19, 2023

After a life-changing experience in India, Dr. Richard Davidson tried to convince his Harvard professors to let him study the science of... Learn More

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Spirituality, global warming, and grief: How clergy can help tackle climate anxiety

June 16, 2023

A growing number of spiritual leaders believe they have a vital role to play shepherding people toward action. (Photo credit: Clive Gee/ PA Images... Learn More

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Blue Sky Podcast: Richard Davidson on the Neuroscience of Well-Being and Human Flourishing

June 15, 2023

Like most neuroscientists, until a little more than thirty years ago, Dr. Richard “Richie'' researched and studied things that go wrong with the... Learn More

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Can Mindfulness Help with Injury Recovery? We Asked the Experts.

June 15, 2023

We know meditation and visualization exercises benefit our mental health. Could they also support our physical bodies? As @Outside Magazine... Learn More

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Hidden Brain Podcast: Seeking Serenity Part 2

June 8, 2023

In the second part of the series on the science of meditation, Richard Davidson continues his endeavor to unite seemingly opposite ways of... Learn More

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University of the Air: "Education and Well-Being"

June 6, 2023

What are the keys to well-being, and what is the difference between well-being and happiness? Richard Davidson, professor of psychology and... Learn More

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Study: Brain Activity Can Surge at Time of Death

June 5, 2023

New research shows that the dying may experience a spike in consciousness. Learn More

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Hidden Brain Podcast: Seeking Serenity Part 1

June 5, 2023

In graduate school, neuroscientist Richard Davidson learned to use scientific tools as a way to examine the brain. At the same time, he also... Learn More