Ancient Wisdom Practices Can Help You Thrive This Semester
September 9, 2026
Research shows ancient wisdom practices teach balance during student life. Learn More
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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 >
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 >
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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Daily meditation could slow aging in your brain, study says
March 24, 2020
Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson talks about a Center study that found daily, intensive meditation slowed a monk's brain aging by as... Learn More
Brain scans link meditation to slower “brain-aging” in advanced meditator
March 18, 2020
In a recent study, the brain of monk and long-time meditator Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, who was 41 years old at the time, looked eight years younger... Learn More >
Meditation may have shaved 8 years of aging off Buddhist monk's brain
March 17, 2020
Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson shares details from a recent study of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's brain that suggests meditative... Learn More
COVID-19 and Our Common Humanity
March 16, 2020
Focusing on how global challenges can bring out the best in our humanity Learn More >
Inflammation, Saunas, and the New Science of Depression
February 25, 2020
Faculty member Charles Raison talks about depression and recent research on mind-body coherence and interventions Learn More
How meditation changes your brain
February 19, 2020
Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson talks with the BBC about a Center research study with Buddhist monks that showed meditation can change... Learn More
How Dekila Chungyalpa Draws on Faith to Protect the Planet
February 12, 2020
Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative, talks about how she has brought faith and environmentalism together to help lead interfaith... Learn More
A Kid In A Refugee Camp Thought Video Games Fell From Heaven. Now He Makes Them
February 12, 2020
Games where a player takes on another person's perspective or becomes immersed in a specific environment can be beneficial in building positive... Learn More
Mindfulness-based Training in Preservice Teacher Education Leads to Improvements in Classroom Teaching Practices
February 5, 2020
A recent paper published by researchers at the Center for Healthy Minds shows that mindfulness training for preservice teachers leads to... Learn More >
St. George’s Episcopal School stresses social and emotional learning
February 5, 2020
Teachers at St. George’s Episcopal School in New Orleans share their experience with the Center's Kindness Curriculum Learn More
Compassion-Based Program for Parents Reduces Their Children’s Stress—Even When It Doesn’t Reduce Parents’ Stress
January 17, 2020
A new study shows that the young children of parents who take part in a compassion-based training program develop lower levels of the stress... Learn More >