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Neuroscience
Brain Scans Show Meditation Changes Minds, Increases Attention
June 25, 2007

Center Founder Richard Davidson, researchers find meditation increases activity in brain regions associated with attention, decision-making

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Contemplative Studies
Meditation May Fine-Tune Control Over Attention
May 8, 2007

Center Founder Richard Davidson, research group find meditation may have lasting impact on brain's ability to regulate attention

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Mind, Brain and Emotion
Brain’s ‘Fear Center’ May Underlie Autistic Behaviors
December 12, 2006

Center Founder Richard Davidson is the senior author of paper on the link between the size of the amygdala and social deficits associated with autism

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Neuroscience
Study: Brain Structures Contribute to Asthma Attack Severity
August 29, 2005

Center Founder Richard Davidson is a co-senior author of study revealing link between brain's emotional processing centers and physiological symptoms of asthma

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Research Findings
Study: Eye Contact Triggers Threat Signals in Autistic Children’s Brains
March 7, 2005

Center Founder Richard Davidson is senior author of a study revealing the over-activation of the brain's emotion processing center associated with negative feelings in children with autism

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Mind, Brain and Emotion
Study: Meditation Changes the Brain’s Electrical Pattern
October 16, 2004

Study led by Center Founder Richard Davidson comparing brain-oscillation patterns shows higher frequency in brains of long-term Buddhist meditation practitioners than novice students in both meditative and resting states.