Scholarly Publications

Richard J. Davidson, Center Director

Recent Publications

Hirshberg, M. J., Heyroth, M., & Davidson, R. J. (in press). Wellbeing skills strengthening as a model for healthy adolescent digital technology use. Annals New York Academy of Sciences.

Gauthier, P. E., Chungyalpa, D., Goldman, R. I., Davidson, R. J., & Wilson-Mendenhall, C. D. (2025). Mother Earth Kinship: Centering Indigenous worldviews to address the Anthropocene and rethink the ethics of human-to-nature connectedness. Current Opinion in Psychology, 64: 102042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102042

ENIGMA PTSD (In press). Data-driven approach to dynamic resting state functional connectivity in post-traumatic stress disorder: An ENIGMA-PGC PTSD study. Human brain mapping.

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Larissa G. Duncan

Recent Publications

Fairchild, L. & Duncan, L. G. (2025). “I now see my toddler as a helper, not just somebody in need of help”: Raising Helpful Toddlers training. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 70 (1st Quarter 2025), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecre...

Huynh, T., Kerr, M. L., Kim, C., Fourianalistyawati, E., Chang, V., & Duncan, L. G. (2024). Parental reflective capacities: A scoping review of mindful parenting and parental reflective functioning. Mindfulness, 15(7), 1531-1602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-024-02379-6 PMCID: PMC11426413

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John D. Dunne

Recent Publications

Jiwani, Z., Goldberg, S. B., Stroud, J., Young, J., Curtin, J., Dunne, J. D., Simonsson, O., Webb, C. A., Carhart-Harris, R., & Schlosser, M. (2025). Can psychedelic use benefit meditation practice? Examining individual, psychedelic, and meditation-related factors. PLOS ONE, 20(2), e0310160. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310160

Colaianne, B. A., Hirshberg, M. J., Inkelas, K. K., Greenberg, M. T., Davidson, R. J., Germano, D. F., Dunne, J. D., & Roeser, R. W. (2025). Can the virtual implementation of a college course on human flourishing improve student flourishing during COVID-19? A multi-university study. Journal of American College Health, 73(4), 1837-1846. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2025.2452968 PMCID: PMC11985306

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Simon Goldberg

Recent Publications

Treves, I., Tierney, A., Goldberg, S. B., Carson, N., Rouleau, N., Schuman-Olivier, Z., & Webb, C. A. (2025). Limited validity of breath-counting as a measure of mindfulness in ruminative adolescents. Psychophysiology,62(5), e70071. doi: 10.1111/psyp.70071 PMCID: PMC12053031

Treves, I., Bajwa, Z., Greene, K. D., Bloom, P. A., Kim, N., Wool, E., Goldberg, S. B., Whitfield-Gabrieli, S., Auerbach, R. P. (2025). Consumer grade neurofeedback with mindfulness meditation: A meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, e68204.

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Virginia Medinilla

Recent Publications

Ascoli, G. A., Gasparini, S., Medinilla, V., Migliore, M. (2010). Local control of postinhibitory rebound spiking in CA1 pyramidal neuron dendrites. Journal of Neuroscience, 30(18), 6434-6442. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4066-09.2010. PMCID: PMC3319664.

Medinilla, V., Johnson, O., Gasparini, S. (2013). Features of proximal and distal excitatory synaptic inputs to layer V neurons of the rat medial entorhinal cortex. Journal of Physiology, 591(pt 1), 169-183. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.237172 PMCID: PMC3630779

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Julie Poehlmann

Recent Publications

Cuthrell, H., Muenter, L., & Poehlmann, J. (2023). “When are you coming home?”: How young children cope when a parent goes to jail. Rutgers University Press. https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/when-are-you-coming-home/9781978825703

Charles, P., Muentner, L., Jensen, S., Packard, C., Haimson, C., Eason, J., & Poehlmann-Tynan, J. (2022). Incarcerated During a Pandemic: Implications of COVID-19 for Jailed Individuals and Their Families. Corrections, 7(5), 357-368. DOI: 10.1080/23774657.2021.2011803

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Charles L. Raison

Recent Publications

Nicholas, C. R., Banks, M. I., Lennertz, R. C., Wenthur, C. J., Krause, B. M., Riedner, B. A., Smith, R. F., Hutson, P. R., Sauder, C. J., Dunne, J. D., Roseman, L., & Raison, C. L. (2024). Co-Administration of midazolam and psilocybin: Differential effects on subjective quality versus memory of the psychedelic experience. Translational Psychiatry, 14(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-024-03059-8 PMCID: PMC11393325

Bradberry, M. M., Gukasyan, N., & Raison, C. L. (2022). Toward Risk-Benefit Assessments in Psychedelic- and MDMA-Assisted Therapies. JAMA Psychiatry, 79(6), 525–527. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.0665

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Melissa Rosenkranz

Recent Publications

Higgins, E. T., Busse, W. W., Esnault, S., Christian, B. T., Klaus, D. R., Bach, J. C., Frye, C. J., Rosenkranz, M. A. (2025). Fueling the fire in the lung-brain axis: the salience network connects allergen-provoked TH17 responses to psychological stress in asthma. Brain Behavior and Immunity, 128, 276-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2025.04.004

Carrol, D., Busse, W.W., Frye, C.J., Klaus, D.R., Bach, J.C., Floerke, H., Bendlin, B.B., Zetterberg, H., Blennow, K., Heslegrave, A., Hoel, R. & Rosenkranz, M.A. (2025). Regional brain structural alterations in reward and salience networks in asthma. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 126, 80-97. 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.01.028 PMCID: PMC12003077

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Sarah J. Short

Recent Publications

Kral, T.R.A., Williams, C.Y., Wylie, A.C., McLaughlin, K., Stephens, R. L., Mills-Koonce, W. R., Birn, R. B., Propper, C. B., & Short, S. J. (2024). Intergenerational effects of racism on amygdala and hippocampus resting state functional connectivity. Scientific Reports, 14, 17034. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-66830-3 PMCID: PMC11266580

West, N. T., Harmon, B. E., Rawlett, K., Short, S. J., Spanier, A., Mathews, S., Kimble, K., McGehee, C., Ratliff, M., & Puett, R. C. (2023). Perceptions of mindfulness practices as a support for individuals managing caregiving responsibilities and chronic disease: A qualitative study. Chronic Illness, 20(1), 159-172. doi: 10.1177/17423953231170401

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Cortland Dahl

Recent Publications

Goldberg, S. B., Kendall, A. D., Hirshberg, M. J., Dahl, C. J., Nahum-Shani, I., Davidson, R. J., & Bray, B. C. (2025). Is dosage of a meditation app associated with changes in psychological distress? It depends on how you ask. Clinical Psychological Science, 13(2), 332-349. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026241266567 PMCID: PMC11949467

Xie, Q., Riordan, K. M., Baldwin, S. A., Simonsson, O., Hirshberg, M. J., Dahl, C. J., Nahum-Shani, I., Davidson, R. J., & Goldberg, S. B. (2024). Is informal practice associated with outcomes in loving-kindness and compassion training? Evidence from pre-post and daily diary assessments. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 177, 104537. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2024.104537. PMCID: PMC11096024

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Robin Goldman

Recent Publications

Chungyalpa, D., Gauthier, P. E., Goldman, R. I., Vikas, M., & Wilson-Mendenhall, C. D. (2024). A Framework for Deep Resilience in the Anthropocene. Humanistic Management Journal, 10, 49-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41463-024-00195-7

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Dan Grupe

Recent Publications

ENIGMA PTSD (In press). Data-driven approach to dynamic resting state functional connectivity in post-traumatic stress disorder: An ENIGMA-PGC PTSD study. Human brain mapping.

Grupe, D. W., Diamantis, S., & Alonso, C. (in press). Contemplative practices and the movement toward a more just criminal legal system. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. DOI:10.1037/ort0000830 NIHMSID: NIHMS2041394

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Matt Hirshberg

Recent Publications

Hirshberg, M. J., Heyroth, M., & Davidson, R. J. (in press). Wellbeing skills strengthening as a model for healthy adolescent digital technology use. Annals New York Academy of Sciences.

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Tawni Tidwell

Recent Publications

Tidwell, T., Eisenberg, L. E., Fedotov, A., Kokurina, E., Boytsova, J., Desel, T., Sangpo, L., Norbu, N., Chokdrup, J., Tsering, D., Sherap, T., Chhonden, T., Dorje, Y., Lama, C., Lhundup, K., Jamyang, Lharkyab, Phuntsok, L., Wangchuk, T., Lhakpa, S., Namgyal, L., Dorjee, Y., Lobsang, T., Zhironkina, Y., Goldman, R. I., Namdul, T., Blake, K. E., Tesch, E., Sangmo, R., Dunne, J. D., Nagendra, R. P., Kutty, B. M., Rinpoche, T. T., Tamdin, T., Sadutshang, T. D., Davidson, R. J., & Medvedev, S. (2024). Delayed decompositional changes in indoor settings among Tibetan monastic communities in India: A case report. Forensic Science International: Reports, 9, 100370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2024.100370

Tidwell, T., Namdul, T., Lee, K. E., Riordan, K. M., Skopicki, N., Palkyi, T., Jungney, J., Blake, K., Cheme, J., Namseling, N. Y., Yangzom, D., Tsomo, T., Ridak, D., Gyal, Y., Dakpa, T., Nyinda, T. S., Nyinda, N. G., Youdon, T., Weil, A., Kalzang, Y., Wangmo, P., Dhondrup, R., Weirich, E., Craig, S., & Rosenkranz, M. (2024). Effect of Tibetan Herbal Formulas on Symptom Duration Among Ambulatory Patients with Native SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity Integrative, 5, 100051. doi: 10.1016/j.bbii.2024.100051

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