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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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This Professor Says Learning To Be Happy Is 'No Different Than Learning The Violin'

December 10, 2015

Richard Davidson shares why well-being is a skill that can be learned at the World Economic Forum Learn More

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A Wisconsin Preschool Tried a "Kindness Curriculum"

December 10, 2015

New York Magazine reports on the Center's first study examining the effects of its Kindness Curriculum Learn More

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'One Size Will Not Fit All:' Q&A with Richard Davidson

December 10, 2015

Expanded Schools and Center Founder Richard Davidson talk about the latest in social emotional learning Learn More

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How Teaching Kindness Helps Children Succeed

December 10, 2015

Huffington Post Live talks about child well-being with teachers who collaborated with the Center's Kindness Curriculum Project Learn More

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From Humbug! to Humble: The Power of the Scrooge Effect

December 10, 2015

Center Scientist Pelin Kesebir talks about the buffering effects of positive behavior and emotions Learn More

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Why Well-Being Is a Skill That Can Be Learned

December 10, 2015

Lead Neuroscientist Richard Davidson shares the science of well-being, featured in the 2015 World Happiness Report Learn More

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Compassion Tiles to Hang Permanently on La Crosse Middle School Walls

December 10, 2015

News 8000 covers compassion project, a collaboration of the Center Learn More

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Strengthen Your Ability To Focus: Interview with Center Collaborator Shilagh Mirgain

December 10, 2015

NBC 15 talks about attention and focus with Shilagh Mirgain Learn More

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Behind the Chair Well-Being Study and the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds

December 10, 2015

Behind the Chair joins Science Co-Director Robin Goldman and Expert Jeanne Harris to learn more about the Center Learn More

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Managing Emotions Positively with Center Collaborator Shilagh Mirgain

December 10, 2015

Well-Being Expert and Collaborator Shilagh Mirgain gives tips to overcome difficult emotions for greater well-being Learn More

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A Force for Good: Partnering with Science

December 10, 2015

Center Founder Richard Davidson's research is featured in this podcast on the science of well-being Learn More

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Five Videos that Prove Meditation is the New Brain Medicine

December 10, 2015

Huffington Post features Richard Davidson's video explaining the science of mindfulness and stress Learn More