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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

Chicago Tribune Web

Thinking Your Way to a Better Life

December 14, 2015

The Chicago Tribune features Richard Davidson's research on emotional styles Learn More

Forbes Web

The Emotional Life of the Brain

December 14, 2015

Forbes features Richard Davidson's book "The Emotional Life of Your Brain" Learn More

Waking Up Sam Harris

Training the Emotional Brain

December 14, 2015

An interview with Center Founder Richard Davidson Learn More

Wisconsin State Jounral Web

On Campus: Researchers Make Compassion a Game

December 14, 2015

The Wisconsin State Journal features Center research that will develop and test two educational video games Learn More

Mindful-Magazine-Web

Games That Train Teens’ Attention and Empathy

December 14, 2015

Richard Davidson shares how educational games can help teens develop social and emotional skills Learn More

The Atlantic Web

The Secrets of the Healthy Mind

December 14, 2015

Richard Davidson and Bruce McEwen's Nature Neuroscience review is discussed Learn More

Harvard Business Review Web

Finding the Zone

December 14, 2015

The Harvard Business Review states Richard Davidson's book is a great companion piece to Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit Learn More

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Book Pick: 'The Emotional Life of Your Brain'

December 14, 2015

MPR News reviews Richard Davidson's book "The Emotional Life of Your Brain" Learn More

Scientific American Web

MIND Reviews: The Emotional Life of Your Brain

December 14, 2015

The Scientific American features Richard Davidson's book "The Emotional Life of Your Brain" Learn More

Brain World Web

The Creative Science Behind the Emotional Brain

December 14, 2015

A Q&A with Center Founder Richard Davidson, who discusses emotional styles and why different people respond to different interventions Learn More

On Being Web

Richard Davidson — Investigating Healthy Minds

December 14, 2015

Center Founder Richard Davidson discusses neuroplasticity and his research with children and adolescents Learn More

Unity Online Radio Web

Meditation, Science and Your Brain: Insights From Neuroscience That Can Change Your Life

December 14, 2015

Center Founder Richard Davidson discusses the mind, the brain and our emotional nature Learn More