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News: Well-Being In Adults
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Research Findings
Changing Brains for the Better
April 17, 2012
There are practices that can change our brains for the better, according to new Center research
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Research Findings
A Wandering Mind Reveals Mental Processes and Priorities
March 15, 2012
What are the costs when our minds wander?
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Well-Being in Adults
In New Book, Leading Neuroscientist Describes Your Brain on Emotion
March 5, 2012
Center Founder Richard Davidson authors a new book on the science of emotions
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Philanthropy
How Does the Compassionate Brain, Measured in the Lab, Predict What Occurs in Real Life?
February 1, 2012
The John Templeton Foundation gives a grant to the Center to study virtues such as altruism and compassion
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Research Findings
Stress, Anxiety Both Boon and Bane to Brain
January 18, 2011
Stress from immediate threats may negatively affect our ability for more complex thinking
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Research Findings
Depression Saps Endurance of the Brain’s Reward Circuitry
December 21, 2009
Are individuals with depression able to sustain activity in brain areas related to positive emotion?