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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Can A Video Game Build Empathy? UW Researchers May Have Found A Way
August 10, 2018
Center founder Richard Davidson discusses the groundbreaking discovery that a video game can build empathy skills in adolescents. Learn More
Antoine Lutz: "I conducted the first experiments on the meditating brain"
August 9, 2018
Antoine Lutz, an associate scientist at the Center for Healthy Minds, discusses his groundbreaking meditation experiments with Center founder... Learn More
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 >
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
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
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
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
Officer Zen-dly
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
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
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
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
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