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2009 |
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| December 28, 2009 UW News |
Depression saps endurance of the brain's reward circuitry | |
| December 23, 2009 Khaleej Times |
Depressed people can't sustain positive emotions | |
| December 22, 2009 Times of India |
Stressed people can’t sustain good feelings | |
| December 21, 2009 Business Week |
Depressed people can't hold onto happiness | |
| December 21, 2009 Scientific American |
Going the distance: A new study finds that the reward center in the brains of depressed people lacks endurance | |
| November 18, 2009 U.S. News & World Report |
Try Meditation to Lower Your Blood Pressure and Protect Your Heart | |
| November 13, 2009 University Communications |
Can Meditation Sharpen our Attention? | |
| October 27, 2009 News @ UW |
Faculty choreographers collaborate with campus colleagues in concert. MRI images from the Waisman Brain Imaging Lab have been incorporated into video projection in Peggy Choy's dance piece. | |
| October 20, 2009 Stephanie Floures-Koulish The Baltimore Sun |
Seeking education that reconnects minds and hearts | |
| October 13, 2009 Wisconsin Public Radio |
Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders. Richard Davidson was Jean Feraca's guest to discuss the topic of his involvement with the Mind and Life Institute’s “Educating World Citizens for the 21st Century" conference. | |
| October 7, 2009 Calgary Herald |
Meditation influences brain function | |
| September 25, 2009 Vancouver Sun |
Health: Mental exercise like meditation can literally change our minds | |
| August 3, 2009
Xconomy.com |
Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes, Say Merck Vet Ben Shapiro | |
| July 21, 2009 Daniel Goleman The Huffington Post |
Joyful Wisdom: How Happy Can We Be? | |
| July 17, 2009 Daniel Goleman NY Times Opinion |
Sitting Quietly, Doing Something. | |
| June 7, 2009 USA Today |
'Mindfulness' meditation being used in hospitals and schools. | |
| May 20, 2009 All Things Considered National Public Radio |
On The Science Of Spirituality: Prayer May Reshape Your Brain... And Your Reality. Listen or read here. | |
| March 26, 2009 Congressman Tim Ryan (D) Ohio |
Excerpt from a Labor HHS Subcommittee Hearing with NIH/NCCAM about the need for mindulness based practices and for additional research in this area. | |
| March 19, 2009 Jennifer A. Smith Isthmus |
Building a Better Brain | |
| March 19, 2009 In Wisconsin Wisconsin Public Television |
Meditation Research (Episode #721, segment 2) | |
| February 12, 2009 Upaya Institute & Zen Center |
Listen to Dr. Davidson give a talk on January 9 called Zen Brain. | |
| February 5, 2009 Salt Lake Tribune and Deserate News |
Coverage of Richard Davidson's February 4, 2009 Tanner Lecture on Human Values in Utah. | |
| February 3, 2009 Radio West (Salt Lake City) |
Interview with Richard Davidson prior to his 2009 Tanner Lecture on Human Values. Listen to the 52 minutes interview here. | |
2008 |
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| December 29, 2008 Michelle Andrews U.S. News & World Report |
How to Beat Stress and Angst Through Meditation | |
| November 2008 Ann Grauvogl On Wisconsin Magazine |
A Kinder Gentler Brain | |
| November 1, 2008 Jariscope |
"Living Hero" interview with Dr. Richard Davidson | |
| October 2008
CAM @ the NIH newsletter |
Of Meditation, Monks, and Music: Dr. Davidson Speaks on Systematic Mind-Body Training | |
| September 10, 2008 Brian Mattmiller News @ UW |
Can love change your mind? New project explores neuroscience of ‘positive qualities’ | |
| August 30, 2008 Das Wisssensmagazin |
Meditation in MRI: From the compassion of the monks (in German; translation by Google) | |
| August 15, 2008 Anne McIlroy The Globe & Mail (Canada) |
Meditating through mental illness | |
| May 30, 2008 Peace Talks Radio Good Radio Shows, Inc. |
The Neuroscience of Compassion | |
| April 8, 2008 Dan Rather Reports HDNet |
Mind Science | |
| April 2008
U.S. News & World Report |
UW-Madison ties for first place in USN&WR 2008 ranking of Clinical Psychology programs | |
| April 2008 Tim Jarvis The Oprah Magazine |
Love's Little Blind Spots (attentional blink research) | |
| March 31, 2008 Naomi Law BBC News Online |
Scientists probe meditation secrets | |
| March 26, 2008 Dr. Sanjay Gupta CNN Video |
Can you learn compassion? | |
| March 26, 2008 Amanda Gardner U.S. News & World Report |
Meditation Can Wish You Well, Study Says | |
| March 26, 2008 Jennifer Warner WebMD Medical News |
Brain Can Learn Compassion via Meditation | |
| March 26, 2008 David Biello Scientific American |
Meditate on This: You Can Learn to Be More Compassionate | |
| March 26, 2008 Clara Moskowitz LiveScience |
How the Dalai Lama Keeps His Cool | |
| March 25, 2008 Dian Land News @ UW |
Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain | |
| March 25, 2008 Sharon Begley Newsweek "Lab Notes" Blog |
The Lotus and the Synapse | |
| March 2008 Penelope Green The Oprah Magazine |
This Is Your Brain on Happiness | |
| February 3, 2008 Kathy Walsh Nufer Appleton Post-Crescent |
Richard Davidson a 'not-to-be missed' speaker in Appleton education series | |
| January 11, 2008 Michael Mendelsohn ABC News |
Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness | |
2007 |
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| December 2007 Peter K. Stewart, Yelena P. Wu, and Michael C. Roberts Journal of Clinical Psychology |
Top Producers of Scholarly Publications in Clinical Psychology PhD Programs | |
| December 12, 2007 Edutopia |
The Heart-Brain Connection: The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning | |
| December 11, 2007 60SecondScience Scientific American |
Meditation Enhances Attention |
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| November 8, 2007 Mary Bergin The Capital Times |
Kid contemplatives: UW neuroscientist's project aims to give middle-schoolers tools of 'mindfulness' and meditation | |
| October 29, 2007 University Communications, News@UW |
Panels examine intersection of science, religion and contemplative practice | |
| October 24, 2007 University Communications, News@UW |
Library, university series explores topics in faith and reason - see Dr. Davidson's presentation at http://videos.med.wisc.edu/videoInfo.php?videoid=936 | |
| October 23, 2007 Jared Sandberg Wall Street Journal |
Do You Hear What I Hear? | |
| October 22, 2007 Marissa Krimsky Emory Wheel |
Mind & Life Conference | |
| October 18, 2007 Madison Magazine |
Brain Storm | |
| October 15, 2007 Anne Underwood Newsweek |
How to Read a Face | |
| October 2007 Scientific American |
Searching for God in the Brain | |
| August 20, 2007 Science Daily |
Depression: Brain Imaging Reveals Breakdown Of Normal Emotional Processing | |
| August 18, 2007 Wisconsin State Journal |
Study: Traditional therapy may do more harm than good | |
| August 17, 2007 Toronto Star |
Snapping out of it not an option | |
| August 15, 2007 Jill Sakai University Communications, News@UW |
Clinical depression linked to abnormal emotional brain circuits | |
| August 15, 2007 Yahoo! News |
Clinically depressed people may have damaged brain circuits | |
| August 15, 2007 United Press International |
Brain reacts differently in depressed | |
| June 25, 2007 University Communications, News@UW |
Brain scans show meditation changes minds, increases attention | |
| May 13, 2007 David Wahlberg Wisconsin State Journal |
Study: Meditation Can Improve Focus | |
| May 12, 2007 Bruce Bower Science News Online |
No Place Like Om: Meditation training puts oomph into attention | |
| May 8, 2007 Sandra Blakeslee New York Times |
Study Suggests Meditation Can Help Train Attention | |
| May 8, 2007 Jill Sakai University Communications, News@UW |
Meditation may fine-tune control over attention | |
| May 7, 2007 Charles Choi LiveScience |
Meditation Sharpens the Mind | |
| March 18, 2007 BBC News |
Fear centre 'shrinks' in autism | |
| Richard J. Davidson February 13, 2007 Wisconsin Academy |
Be Happy Like a Monk "Academy Evening" presentation (requires RealPlayer) | |
| January 19 , 2007 Sharon Begley Wall Street Journal |
How Thinking Can Change the Brain | |
| January 17 , 2007 Joan Arehart-Treichel Psychiatric News |
Autism's Social Impairment Related to Amygdala Size | |
2006 |
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| December 12 , 2006 Ron Seely Wisconsin State Journal |
Medical Imaging Offers Insight Into Autism | |
| December 8, 2006 Medical News Today |
In Autism's Most Severely Socially Impaired, The Brain's Fear Center Likely Shrinks | |
| December 7, 2006 CBC News Canadian Press |
Autism Linked to Brain's 'Fear Center' | |
| December 5, 2006 Neil Osterweil Medpage Today |
Smaller Brain Structures in Autism Linked to Social Deficits | |
| December 3, 2006 Karen Michel To the Best of Our Knowledge Wisconsin Public Radio |
The Brain & Belief Segment 1 | |
| October 28, 2006 Karen Gram Vancouver Sun |
Happiness | |
| October 15, 2006 Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology Mani Bhaumik Award |
Transforming the Emotional Brain (video hosted by UCLA) | |
| October 2006 Katherine Ellison Psychology Today |
Mastering Your Own Mind | |
| September 18, 2006 Amanda Wegner Wisconsin State Journal |
Pursuing Peace Through Meditation | |
| June 4, 2006 Colleen O'Connor Denver Post |
Willing Your Way to Happiness | |
| May 27, 2006 Host: Bob McDonald CBC Radio- Quirks & Quarks |
Happiness | |
| May 10, 2006 Editorial Wisconsin State Journal |
Professor's fame a coup for UW | |
| April 30, 2006 Paroma Basu University Communications, News@UW |
UW scientist among 100 most influential people of 2006 | |
| April 23, 2006 Andrew Weil Time Magazine |
People Who Shape Our World | |
| March 29, 2006 PBS The New Medicine |
The New Medicine laboratory-specific clip (7:30 minutes long; Shockwave player plugin required) A New Definition of Health - Interview with Dr. Davidson (near bottom of page) (RealPlayer needed) |
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| March 17, 2006 Sharon Begley Wall Street Journal |
All in Your Head? | |
| January 31, 2006 Benedict Carey New York Times |
Holding Loved One's Hand Can Calm Jittery Neurons | |
| January 10 , 2006 Lisa Takeuchi Cullen Time Magazine |
How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time | |
| January 4, 2006 Bridget M. Kuehn Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) |
Studies Probe Autism Anatomy, Genetics | |
2005 | ||
| November 24, 2005 BBC News Online Edition |
Families Share Autistic Traits | |
| November 18, 2005 Yudhijit Bhattacharjee Science |
Neuroscientists Welcome Dalai Lama With Mostly Open Arms | |
| November 12, 2005 Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama New York Times, Editorial Page |
Our Faith in Science | |
| November 11 , 2005 Jon Hamilton Morning Edition, National Public Radio |
The Links between the Dalai Lama and Neuroscience | |
| November 9 , 2005 Marc Kaufman Washington Post |
For the Dalai Lama, a Meeting of Brain and Mind | |
| September 6, 2005 Nicolas Bakalar New York Times |
Brain scans find spot that links stress to asthma | |
| August 30, 2005 BBC News, Online Edition |
How emotions spark asthma attack | |
| April 1, 2005 Wallace Gromit New York Times |
Eating Vegetables: Good for the Brain? | |
| March 10, 2005 Anita Weier The Capitol Times |
Brain Tests Reveal New Pieces In Autism Puzzle | |
| March 7, 2005 Sarah Graham Scientific American |
Eye Contact Triggers Threat Response in Autistic Children | |
| March 7, 2005 Paroma Basu University Communications, News@UW |
Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains | |
| March 2005 James Shreeve National Geographic |
Spiritual State | |
| January 17, 2005 Michael D. Lemonick Time |
The Biology of Joy | |
| January 3, 2005 Marc Kaufman The Washington Post |
Meditation Gives Brain a Charge, Study Finds | |
2004 |
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| November 5th, 2004 Sharon Begley The Wall Street Journal |
Scans of Monks' Brains Show Meditation Alters Structure, Functioning | |
| September 21, 2004 Jay Rath Wisconsin State Journal |
Serenity Now | |
| May 13, 2004 Waisman Center |
Richard Davidson named Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Fellow | |
| April 24, 2004 Eve Savory CBC News, The National |
The Pursuit of Happiness | |
| April 12, 2004 |
Photo gallery - Governor Doyle's tour of the Keck Lab | |
| February 20, 2004 Ron Seely Wisconsin State Journal |
UW Seeks Origins Of Emotions And Will Explore How Brain Controls Them | |
2003 |
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| October 3, 2003 Marcia Barinaga Science, vol 302 pgs 44-46 |
Buddhism and Neuroscience: Studying the well-trained mind | |
| September 21, 2003 Marc Kaufman Washington Post |
A Meeting of Minds | |
| September 14, 2003 Natasha Mitchell All in the Mind, Radio National |
Meditation and the Mind: Science Meets Buddhism | |
| September 14, 2003 Stephen Hall New York Times |
Is Buddhism Good for Your Health? | |
| September 2, 2003 Shaoni Bhattacharya New Scientist |
Brain Study Links Negative Emotions and Lowered Immunity | |
| September 2, 2003 Erica Goode New York Times |
Power of Positive Thinking May Have a Health Benefit | |
| September 2, 2003 Emily Carlson University Communications, News@UW |
Study shows brain activity influences immune function | |
| June 20, 2003 Michelle Trudeau NPR's Morning Edition |
Childhood Temperament Lasts into Adulthood (audio) | |
| April 29, 2003 Karen Rivedal Wisconsin State Journal |
UW Madison Psychologists Honored | |
| April 26, 2003 Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama New York Times |
The Monk in the Lab | |
| February 12, 2003 Lisa Brunette University Communications, News@UW |
Meditation produces positive changes in the brain | |
| February 9, 2003 Karen Rivedal Wisconsin State Journal |
Scans Can Be Useful In Helping Medicate Patients With Depression | |
| February 6, 2003 Dian Land University Communications, News@UW |
Brain images reveal effects of antidepressants | |
| February 4, 2003 Daniel Goleman New York Times |
Finding happiness: Cajole your brain to lean to the left | |
| February 4, 2003 Aaron Nathans Capital Times |
Meditation helps brain, immunity in UW group | |
| January 10, 2003 Sharon Begley Wall Street Journal |
Maybe for This Year, You Can Try Whipping Your Brain Into Shape | |
2001 | ||
| Fall 2001 Dian Land On Wisconsin |
Getting Emotional | |
| Summer 2001 On Wisconsin |
Mind Matters | |
| May 23, 2001 Dian Land University Communications, News@UW |
The Dalai Lama and scientists unite to study meditation | |
| May 22, 2001 WKOW TV |
Dalai Lama Talks about the Brain | |
| May 20, 2001 The New York Times(hosted on HinduNet) |
Dalai Lama to attend U.S. Conference | |
| April 17, 2001 Brian Mattmiller University Communications, News@UW |
Dalai Lama coming to UW to probe science of emotions | |
| April 15, 2001 UW-Madison Psychology Department News |
New Developments for Neuroimaging at UW-Madison | |
| April 4, 2001 Brian Matmiller University Communications, News@UW |
Reading the mind: New lab sharpens brain imagery | |
Pre-2001 | ||
| July, 31, 2000 Kristin Leutwyler Scientific American |
Understanding Violence | |
| July 27, 2000 Brian Matmiller University Communications, News@UW |
Brain study sheds light on impulsive violence | |
| December 13, 1999 Samara Kalk The Capitol Times |
He Studies Mind-Body Connection | |
| November 19, 1999 Dian Land University Communications, News@UW |
UW to launch center for mind-body interaction | |
| November, 2, 1999 The Washington Post |
Scientists Probe Origin of Emotions | |
| September, 20, 1999 | Professor Richard Davidson wins APA Award | |
| May 15, 1998 Christine Mlot Science Vol 280, Issue 5366, 1005-1007 |
Probing the Biology of Emotion | |
| June 23, 1997 Daniel Goleman NPR'sTalk of the Nation |
Emotional Intelligence (audio) | |
| August 27, 1997 University Communications, News@UW |
Davidson Wins Top Honor From Psychological Society | |
| July 6, 1996 Daniel Goleman New York Times |
Forget Money; Nothing Can Buy Happiness, Some Researchers Say | |
| November 8, 1993 John Schwartz Washington Post (reprinted, Capital Times, 12-14-93) |
Some Smiles Make You Happy | |
| October 1993 Science, 262, pg. 336 |
The Brain Behind That Happy Face; DOI: 10.1126/science.262.5132.336-b (pay-per-view) | |
| October 26, 1993 Daniel Goleman New York Times |
When Is a Smile Really a Smile? | |
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Awards
| Regina Lapate 2009 |
SPR Student Poster Award | |
| Regina Lapate 2009 |
Hertz Foundation and Royalty Research Fellowship travel award | |
| Jessica Kirkland 2008 |
Ramona Messerschmidt Award for Graduate Research | |
| Jessica Kirkland 2008 |
Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference Travel Award | |
| Daniel Levinson 2008 |
Fetzer Institute Fellowship, Fetzer Initiative on the Neuroscience of Love, Compassion, and Forgiveness | |
| Brendon Nacewicz 2008 |
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the NIMH | |
| Helen Weng 2008 |
Fetzer Institute Fellowship, Fetzer Initiative on the Neuroscience of Love, Compassion, and Forgiveness | |
| Helen Weng 2008 |
Travel Award: International Symposium "Foundations of Human Social Behavior" | |
| Helen Weng 2008 |
Hertz Foundation Research Fellowship Award | |
| Brendon Nacewicz 2007 |
Wayne & Jean Roper Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship Award | |
| Helen Weng 2007 |
Francisco J. Varela Memorial Grant; Hertz Foundation Research Fellowship; National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention |
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| Jessica Kirkland 2007 |
Hertz Foundation Research Fellowship | |
| Allison Jahn 2007 |
Hertz Foundation Research Fellowship | |
| Brendon Nacewicz 2006 |
Zeaman Travel Award, Gatlinburg Conference on Research & Theory in Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities; Student Travel Award, International Meeting for Autism Research |
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| Sharee Light 2006 |
SPR Tursky Award for Excellence in Predoctoral Research in Psychophysiology | |
| Laura Holsen 2006 |
National Fragile X Foundation; Co-Principal Investigator Project: Interaction between Social Anxiety and Memory in fragile X |
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| Jessica Kirkland 2006 |
Roderick Menzies Memorial Scholarship for Collaborative Graduate Student Research | |
| Allison Jahn 2006 |
National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellowship; Roderick Menzies Memorial Scholarship for Collaborative Graduate Student Research |
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| Greg Dixon 2005 |
National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellowship | |
| Kim Dalton 2005-06 |
NAAR (National Alliance for Autism Research) Research Award | |
| Antoine Lutz 2005-07 |
NIH/NCCAM grant for Meditation: Neuroimaging and Neurodynamical Correlations | |
| Allison Jahn 2004-05 |
Lyn Abramson Award for Cognitive Approaches to Psychopathology | |
| Jeffrey Maxwell 2004-06 |
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA) | |
| Micah Long (undergrad) 2004 |
Hilldale Undergraduate Research Award | |
| Alex Shackman 2001-04 |
Predoctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health, Training Program in Emotion Research | |
| Jeffrey Maxwell 2000-03 |
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, Dept. of Defense, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) | |
| Jeffrey Maxwell 2000-03 |
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (declined) | |
| Alex Shackman 1998-2001 |
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship | |
| Alex Shackman 1998 |
Minority Fellowship Program in Neuroscience, Alternate Fellow, American Psychological Association; William F. Vilas Fellowship, Fellowship for Scholastic Merit |
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| Alex Shackman 1997-98 |
University Fellowship for Scholastic Merit | |