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Study Team Presents Findings on Filipino American Politics and Wellbeing at Asian American Studies Conference

May 28, 2026

Center for Healthy Minds researchers partner with global non-profit for on-going community engaged research in the Usap Tayo study. Learn More >

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Art, Music, and Neuroscience: The MUSE Initiative Holds its Inaugural Event

May 5, 2026

The evening extended beyond dialogue into shared experience where participants were invited into moments of collective vocalization, simple vocal... Learn More >

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Faith Leaders’ Environmental Visions Come to Life at Loka Initiative Convening

April 29, 2026

The PREP (Preparing Religious Environmental Plans) course culminated in a weeklong “Keeping the Faith” convening in March in Madison, WI. Learn More >

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Stressed? Just a couple minutes of meditation might help.

April 28, 2026

Are you in the "driver's seat" of your thoughts, emotions and impulses? Meditation could help, says Center for Healthy Minds Contemplative... Learn More

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Did You Know? CHM Studies Use Specialized MRI Machine to Advance Brain Research

April 8, 2026

UW researchers, including experts from the Center for Healthy Minds, are conducting detailed brain imaging work using one of the first head-only,... Learn More >

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NYT: 4 Ways to Flourish (in Good Times and Bad)

March 27, 2026

To flourish is to have a life that feels meaningful and rich, despite the challenges we’ll inevitably face. That's what Center for Healthy Minds... Learn More >

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Center for Healthy Minds Researchers Use AI and 7.5M Screenshots to Understand Suicide Risk

March 25, 2026

The latest findings in this first-of-its-kind study show nighttime smartphone behavior can be an indicator of suicidal thoughts. Learn More >

News & Media

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La investigación entrega herramientas para lograr la “técnica” para alcanzar el bienestar en la vida diaria

December 7, 2020

Los investigadores del Center for Healthy Minds introducen un nuevo paradigma basado en la evidencia científica que sugiere que el bienestar podría... Learn More >

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Mobile Mental Health Program Goes Beyond Mindfulness, Shows Promise in Reducing Negative Mental Health Symptoms

December 1, 2020

A new study from researchers at the Center for Healthy Minds and the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison suggests that... Learn More >

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Survive election uncertainty with these expert tips on how to cope

November 11, 2020

The Healthy Minds Program app and the Center for Healthy Minds are featured as resources to help calm anxious thoughts and restless energy related... Learn More

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How to detox from election anxiety, according to mental health experts

November 10, 2020

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson talks about how simple self-care practices can be easily integrated into your daily routine. Learn More

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Meditation apps have been booming during the pandemic

November 10, 2020

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson talks about the benefits of simple practices in meditation apps. Learn More

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Researchers Launch Fully Mobile Study on Meditation and Depression

October 30, 2020

A team at the Center for Healthy Minds is starting new research to understand whether a mobile well-being app, the Healthy Minds Program, can... Learn More >

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Well-being can be learned

October 20, 2020

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson talks about how our brains are constantly being shaped, and that well-being is a skill that each of us... Learn More

The Caring Generation

How to Stay Emotionally Balanced

October 20, 2020

Center Scientist Pelin Kesebir shares information about managing emotional styles that affect health and relationships. Learn More

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Dr. Pelin Kesebir - How to Sustain Happiness

October 20, 2020

Center Scientist Pelin Kesebir explains how we can change our brains towards sustained happiness through self awareness and how self kindness is... Learn More

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Virtual Events Explore Science of Well-Being, Feature New Insights from Dalai Lama

September 30, 2020

This year's The World We Make event is free and open to the public, from October 5 - 9, 2020. The nightly virtual events  will explore science... Learn More >

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Researchers Develop New Metrics for Measuring Mental States During Meditation

September 23, 2020

In a recent collaborative study across institutions, researchers developed a new framework to identify mental states during meditation. This... Learn More >

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Research Suggests Common Mindfulness Program Unlikely to Cause Harm

August 18, 2020

Researchers at the Center for Healthy Minds found that people who took part in the most common and widely available secular mindfulness program did... Learn More >