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Healthy Minds in Practice: Dear Friends Mindfulness Practice

January 2, 2020

In this practice, we work on extending the same level of compassion to strangers as we do our dearest friends in order to help foster connection.

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Watch Center Founder Richard Davidson's TedXSanFrancisco talk, "How mindfulness changes the emotional life of our brains"

December 18, 2019

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson spoke at TEDx SanFrancisco in October 2019. Watch the video to hear him speak about the four major challenges facing society and how we can train our minds to thrive - in just 3 minutes a day.

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Early Research Suggests Mindfulness Training Improves Mental Health Outcomes in Police Officers

December 16, 2019

A recent paper published by researchers at the Center for Healthy Minds showed that eight weeks of mindfulness training resulted in reductions in work-related stress, improvements in sleep quality, lower levels of burnout and reduced depression and anxiety in police officers.

Mind, Brain and Emotion

Mindfulness video game changes areas of the brain associated with attention

December 13, 2019

A research team at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of California, Irvine, designed a video game to improve mindfulness and found that playing the game leads to changes in the brain areas underlying attention.

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Being Well in a Stressed-Out Society

December 11, 2019

In the last decade, rates of anxiety, stress, and depression have increased to unprecedented levels, especially among college students. Angela Barian writes about the Art and Science of Human Flourishing course at UW-Madison, and the additional resources available to UW-Madison students to promote well-being.

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Healthy Minds in Practice: Mindful Breathing Audio Practice

December 10, 2019

In this five-minute active practice, we use the breath to calm the mind and strengthen mindfulness.

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Video: Neuroscientist Dr. Richard J. Davidson Answers Emotion Questions | WIRED

Nov 06, 2024

Neuroscientist and Psychologist Dr. Richard J. Davidson joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about our emotions. Are men truly less emotional than women? Can stress cause your brain to shrink? What are chemical imbalances and what do they do to our emotions? Why do we have emotions at all? Dr. Davidson answers these questions and more on Emotion Support.

Election results can feel like the end of the world if your candidate loses. You're not alone.

Nov 06, 2024

Dr. Richard J. Davidson weighs in on how dealing with post-election anxiety.

Research Shows Racism May Influence Infant Brain Development

Nov 01, 2024

CHM and HMI researchers publish new findings about the intergenerational impact of racism on the newborn brain.

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