CIHM News
January 23, 2012: Notice of Award
Helen Weng was the recipient of a Graduate Student Award (including travel award) for the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2012. Her presentation title is, "Multi-Voxel Pattern Analysis of Brain States After Compassion Training Predicts Charitable Donations"
November 20: Wisconsin State Journal
The Wisconsin State Journal featured a recent story on CIHM's ongoing research with returning veterans. Veterans learn to use yoga and meditation exercises to reconnect with their emotions in a UW-Madison study
November 10: NBC News
Local NBC News Features CIHM Research with Veterans: This segment features our most recent pilot study with returning veterans and also includes clips from the new documentary 'Free the Mind.' This film focuses on CIHM and our research.
October 16: Wisconsin State Journal
UW Madison researchers to meet with Dalai Lama - Jonathan Patz and Richard Davidson travel to India.
October 3: Creating a Mindful Society
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September 28: Davidson book available for pre-order on Amazon
Dr Richard J. Davidson's new book, The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live--and How You Can Change Them, is available for pre-order on Amazon. This title will be released in March 2012. To be kept informed about this book, sign up for the CIHM newsletter here.
August 9: CIHM newsletter Summer issue
CIHM News: Research and event updates, position opening and more!
July 28: ABC News Nightline
Re-Wiring Your Brain for Happiness: Research Shows How Meditation Can Physically Change the Brain
July 23: Philadelphia Inquirer
Into 'the science of thriving' covers Richard Davidson's involvement in the Second World Congress on Positive Psychology in Philadelphia on Tuesday, July 26.
July 22: Garrison Institute video interview
Richard Davidson discusses how the scientific study of contemplative practices had advanced in recent decades and some of the key events and figures on that developmental path. In addition to discussing specific topics such as the heritability of epigenetic changes and the study of contemplative methods in teaching and learning, he also describes his own career path in the field, and the formation and growth of the Mind and Life Institute. View video here.
July 14: Washington Post
Richard Davidson interviewed for Washington Post article, Is meditation a religion?
June 27: Notice of Award
The National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine has awarded CIHM's Brandi Cage, PhD, a Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research Program!
June 23: American Public Media: On Being: "Investigating Healthy Minds"
Krista Tippett speaks with the pioneering neuroscientist Richard Davidson. He's provided new evidence of "neuroplasticity" – the capacity of the human brain to keep changing. He made some of his discoveries studying the brains of meditating Buddhist monks. Now he's testing new approaches to autism and ADHD; even to nurturing kindness and self-reflection in children and teenagers. He and others are shifting the psychological paradigm that focuses on fixing what is wrong. This is about practicing life-enriching behaviors that can "rewire" our minds. You can see where and when the program airs here.
May 20: The Secular Buddhist podcast
Episode 65 :: Dr. Richard Davidson :: Center for Investigating Healthy Minds. Dr. Richard Davidson spoke with them about the use of science in validating the effects of meditation.
May 18: Wisconsin State Journal
Investigating healthy minds: Preschool study seeks to teach kindness. ... the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, a research hub founded in 2008 within the Waisman Center at UW-Madison takes an atypical approach to scientific inquiry. Instead of studying disease and disorder, researchers probe positive attributes such as compassion and contentment.
April 2: Appleton Post-Crescent
The Trout Museum of Art announces the Appleton Compassion Project to the community with: 'Compassion Project' nears its unveiling in Appleton
March 24: CIHM newsletter Spring issue
Meet our new Executive Director, Barbara Mathison and read about new happenings at CIHM.
March 11: The Dana Foundation
Antoine Lutz was interviewed by the Dana Foundation for an article called "Meditation—Still Many Unknowns". The Dana Foundation is a private philanthropic organization that supports brain research through grants and educates the public about the successes and potential of brain research.
January 1, 2011: The People's Pharmacy Radio Show
An unusual collaboration between a neuroscientist and a Buddhist monk has helped clarify one practice that can help keep our minds and emotions healthy. Matthieu Ricard and Richard Davidson are interviewed for an episode called, "Retraining the Brain".
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