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News: Well-Being In Adults
Learning Well-Being
Mindfulness Workshop May Hold Promise for Former Athletes
August 28, 2018
The Center for Healthy Minds partners with former NFL players for an eight-week workshop to look at how mindfulness practices might impact their lives
Mind, Brain and Emotion
Training Your Compassion “Muscle” May Boost Brain’s Resilience in the Face of Suffering
May 22, 2018
Two weeks of compassion meditation training may reduce distress and improve a person’s ability to look at others who are suffering
Education
This Class is Helping First-Year Students Start College Off Right
March 20, 2018
A new course, piloted in conjunction with the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Virginia and Pennsylvania State University, aims to integrate extracurricular learning experiences with intellectual topics in the classroom
Neuroscience
New Approaches in Neuroscience Show It's Not All in Your Head
February 16, 2018
Richard Davidson shares the latest research on why experience matters at the 2018 American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Austin, Texas
Well-Being in Adults
Researchers Investigate How a Stressed Brain Can Make Asthma Worse
November 30, 2017
Center researchers are investigating cross-talk between the brain and lungs of people with asthma to understand how psychological stress can make asthma worse
Well-Being in Adults
Mindful Policing Research Expands with New Grant from National Institute of Justice
November 29, 2017
A new study will bring a better scientific understanding of the unique stressors facing police officers