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News: Well-Being In Children
Research Findings
Inflammation Predicts Response to Antidepressant Medication
January 2, 2020
Youth with bipolar depression responded better to an antipsychotic medicine if they had increased markers of inflammation in their blood
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.
Mind, Brain and Emotion
Affective Neuroscience: 25 Years of Progress Studying Adversity, Resilience and Psychopathology
July 17, 2019
The 25th Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion was held in April 2019. We review the past 25 years of advances in the field of affective neuroscience
Well-Being in Children
Kids’ Sharing Behaviors More Complex Than Previously Thought
July 2, 2019
New research points to evidence of increased cognitive complexity as children grow up that effects prosocial behavior
Well-Being in Children
Researchers Warn Mental Impact of Incarceration and Border Separation on Kids
December 17, 2018
Faculty member Julie Poehlmann-Tynan explores the impacts of parent-child separation
Well-Being in Children
New Program Focuses on Well-Being of Educators in Mexico
October 25, 2018
The Center and Mexico-based nonprofit AtentaMente are piloting a program to improve school cultures and educators' well-being