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In new book, leading neuroscientist describes your brain on emotion

Posted on March 3, 2012

Building on more than 30 years of cutting-edge brain research, a new book by Richard J. Davidson offers an inside look into how emotions are coded in our brains and our power to control them.

Posted in 2012, Brain Imaging, Emotions, NewsTagged Book, Richie Davidson

How does the compassionate brain, measured in the lab, predict what occurs in real life?

Posted on February 1, 2012

Researchers are launching a new series of studies to understand how laboratory measures of virtuous qualities such as compassion relate to their behavior in the real world.

Posted in 2012, Emotions, News

Expectant Brains Help Predict Anxiety Treatment Success

Posted on January 5, 2009

A network of emotion-regulating brain regions implicated in the pathological worry that can grip patients with anxiety disorders may also be useful for predicting the benefits of treatment.

Posted in 2009, Emotions, Mental Health, NewsTagged Amygdala, Anxiety

$6 Million Grant Creates Meditation Study Center

Posted on November 3, 2008

Research at UW-Madison has already shown that meditation can change the brain. Now a new grant will allow a more in-depth investigation of how these changes can affect sleep, pain tolerance, emotion regulation and other measures of well-being.

Posted in 2008, Brain Imaging, Emotions, NewsTagged Funding, Meditation Center, Richie Davidson

Can love change your mind? New project explores neuroscience of ‘positive qualities’

Posted on September 10, 2008

By Brian Mattmiller, University Communications What is happening in the minds of people who have developed a greater capacity for forgiveness and compassion? Can a quality like love — whether it’s shown toward a family member …

Posted in 2008, Brain Imaging, Emotions, NewsTagged Buddhist Monks, Richie Davidson

Scientists study links between brain, meditation

Posted on June 19, 2008

Meditation matters. Brain scientists are using the age-old practice to understand stress and pain reduction, attention spans, even compassion.

Posted in 2008, Emotions, NewsTagged Meditation, Richie Davidson

Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain

Posted on March 31, 2008

Can we train ourselves to be compassionate? A new study suggests the answer is yes. Cultivating compassion and kindness through meditation affects brain regions that can make a person more empathetic to other peoples’ mental states, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Posted in 2008, Brain Imaging, Emotions, NewsTagged Antoine Lutz, Compassion, Richie Davidson

Brain Storm

Posted on November 5, 2007

The building is locked. Most of the windows are dark. But in a small room on the first floor of the Waisman Center, a group of four is gathered around Richard Davidson.

Posted in 2007, Awards and Honors, Brain Imaging, Emotions, NewsTagged Richie Davidson

Research of Richard Davidson shows how meditation changes the mind

Posted on June 25, 2007

By Dave Tenenbaum, University Communications For hundreds of years, Tibetan monks and other religious people have used meditation to calm the mind and improve concentration. This week, a new study shows exactly how one common …

Posted in 2007, Brain Imaging, Emotions, NewsTagged Buddhist Monks, Meditation, Richie Davidson

Meditation May Fine-Tune Control Over Attention

Posted on May 9, 2007

Everyday experience and psychology research both indicate that paying close attention to one thing can keep you from noticing something else.

Posted in 2007, Brain Imaging, Emotions, News, ResearchTagged Attention, Meditation, Richie Davidson
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