Recent Publications: Meditation
Researchers in the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience during work on meditation include David Bachhuber, James Davis, Antoine Lutz, Donal MacCoon, David Perlman, Melissa Rosenkranz, Brianna Schuyler, Heleen Slagter, and Helen Weng.
Recent publications on this topic include:
- Davidson, R. J. & Lutz, A. (2008). Buddha’s Brain: Neuroplasticity and Meditation. IEEE Signal Processing 25(1), 171-174.
- Lutz, A., Brefczynski-Lewis, J. A., Johnstone, T., & Davidson, R. J. (2008). Voluntary regulation of the neural circuitry of emotion by compassion meditation: Effects of expertise. PLoS One 3(3), e1897. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001897.
- Lutz, A., Slagter, H. A., Dunne, J., & Davidson, R. J. (2008). Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 12 (4), 163-169.
- Brefczynski-Lewis J. A., Lutz, A., Schaefer, H. S., Levinson, D. B. & Davidson, R. J. (2007). Neural correlates of attentional expertise in long-term meditation practitioners. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(27) 11483-11488.
- Slagter, H. A., Lutz, A., Greischar, L. L., Francis, A. D., Nieuwenhuis, S., Davis, J. M. & Davidson, R. J. (2007). Mental training affects use of limited brain resources. PLoS Biology Vol. 5, No. 6, e138 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050138
- Lutz, A., Dunne, J.P., Davidson, R.J. (2005). Meditation and the Neuroscience of Consciousness: An Introduction. Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness, edited by Zelazo P., Moscovitch M. & Thompson E.
- Ekman, P., Davidson, R. J., Ricard, M. & Wallace, B. A. (2005). Buddhist and psychological perspectives on emotions and well-Being. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 59-63.
- Lutz, A., Greischar, L. L., Rawlings, N. B., Ricard, M., & Davidson, R. J. (2004). Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101, 16369-16373.
- Davidson, R. J., Kabat-Zinn, J., et al. (2003). Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 564-570.