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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 >

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Video Game Can Change the Brain, May Improve Empathy in Middle School Children

August 7, 2018

Can video games teach prosocial skills such as empathy? A new study from the Center for Healthy Minds suggests that it's possible Learn More >

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How Meditation's Physical and Spiritual Benefits May Have Helped Thai Soccer Team Survive

July 31, 2018

Citing research from the Center for Healthy Minds, this article explains how meditation can benefit people in stressful situations. Learn More

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The Thai Cave Football Coach Taught His Team to Meditate to Help Them Through 17-day Ordeal, Reports Say

July 31, 2018

Citing research from the Center for Healthy Minds, this article describes how meditation can help us cope. Learn More

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Arts Program Gives Kids with Incarcerated Parents a Stigma-Free Space to Create and Learn

July 31, 2018

Center faculty Julie Poehlmann-Tynan are partnering with Cultural Connections, a program aiming aims to provide self-empowerment and confidence for... Learn More

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Empathic People Use Social Brain Circuitry to Process Music

July 31, 2018

Research from the Center for Healthy Minds shows that compassion can be trained like a muscle, and perhaps music can be a tool for learning... Learn More

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July 31, 2018

In an interview with Dan Grupe, an assistant scientist at the Center for Healthy Minds, discusses the pilot study examining the effects of... Learn More

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Meditation Changes The Brain In Different Ways In Veterans And Beginners

July 31, 2018

In a new study published in the journal NeuroImage, a team of psychologists at the Center for Healthy Minds at UW-Madison reports that brain... Learn More

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Here's What a 'Kindness Curriculum' Looks Like

July 31, 2018

Researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Healthy Minds have created a "kindness curriculum" which they have tested in six... Learn More

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Looking at Depression Through an Evolutionary Lens

July 31, 2018

Psych Congress cochair and Center faculty member Charles Raison, MD, gave attendees a “10,000-foot view” of what depression is at the Psych... Learn More

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Mindfulness and Meditation: An Expert Explains the Background of This Ancient Practice

July 31, 2018

Center faculty Charles Raison explains how meditation can be helpful for people in stressful situations. Learn More

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Chad McGehee: "With mindfulness students feel more secure, more comfortable and accepted"

July 26, 2018

Chad McGehee, Learning and Program Development Manager at Healthy Minds Innovations, discusses the power of meditation in the classroom. Learn More

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Cycles of Incarceration Hit African Americans, Children Especially Hard

July 26, 2018

Citing the research of Center faculty Julie Poelhmann-Tynan, this article explores the impact of incarceration on children and families, as well as... Learn More