Lab and Research news stories
2009
November 18: U.S. News & World Reports: Try Meditation to Lower Your Blood Pressure and Protect Your Heart, Cheap, low-tech stress relief may also protect against depression, insomnia, and anxiety
November 13: University Communications: Can Meditation Sharpen our Attention?
October 23: Regina Lapate received the Graduate Student Poster award at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research in Berlin, Germany for her poster entitled "The contribution of affective style to the successful downregulation of pain: A psychophysiological and neuroimaging investigation."
October 27: UW News: 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 13: WPR Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders. Richard Davidson was Jean Feraca's guest. They discussed the topic of his involvement with the Mind and Life Institute’s “Educating World Citizens for the 21st Century" conference.
October 7: Calgary Herald article Meditation influences brain function.
September 25: Vancouver Sun article Health: Mental exercise like meditation can literally change our minds
August 3: Xconomy.com article: Buddhists May Help Biotechies Solve Big Mental Health Woes, Says Merck Vet Ben Shapiro
July 21: The Huffington Post article by Dan Goleman: Joyful Wisdom: How Happy Can We Be?
July 17: New York Times Opinion by Daniel Goleman: Sitting Quietly, Doing Something
June 7: USA Today: 'Mindfulness' meditation being used in hospitals and schools
May 20: NPR: All Things Considered series on The Science Of Spirituality: Prayer May Reshape Your Brain ... And Your Reality. Listen or read here.
March 26: Congressman Tim Ryan (D) from Ohio speaks at a Labor HHS Subcommittee Hearing with NIH/NCCAM about the need for mindulness based practices and of the Davidson and Kabat-Zinn research in this area.
March 20: Isthmus Cover Story: Building a Better Brain
February 12: Listen to a talk Richard Davidson gave at the Upaya Institute and Zen Center on January 9 called Zen Brain.
February 5: The Salt Lake Tribune and the Deserate News cover Richard Davidson's Tanner Lecture on Human Values in Utah
February 3: RadioWest in Salt Lake City interviews Richard Davidson prior to his 2009 Tanner Lecture on Human Values. Listen to the 52 minutes interview here.
January 2: UW News covers Jack Nitschke's work in Expectant brains help predict anxiety treatment success
2008
December 29: US News & World Report: How to Beat Stress and Angst Through Meditation
November 17: Campus News: A Kinder, Gentler Brain? UW scientist enters uncharted territory to understand positive qualities
November 3: UW School of Medicine and Public Health: $6 Million Grant Creates Meditation Study Center
November 1: Richard Davidson was a guest on the Living Hero Podcast. You can stream or download the 25-minute interview here and find more information about the interview series at www.livinghero.com
October: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) newsletter: "Of Meditation, Monks, and Music: Dr. Davidson Speaks on Systematic Mind-Body Training" plus and interview with Dr. Davidson.
Sept 10: UW Madison News: the new Fetzer Initiative on the Neuroscience of Love, Compassion and Forgiveness.
May 30: Latest episode on Peace Talks Radio, called "The Neuroscience of Compassion" features Richard Davidson, Dan Siegel and others.
April 8: Dan Rather Reports: Antoine Lutz, Andy Francis and Richie Davidson appear on the first ~20 minutes of this HDNet program called Mind Science (Episode 313, available on iTunes).
April 6: The Seattle Times: Scientists to share insights into compassion with the Dalai Lama
April 1: The Lutz et al. Trends in Cognitive Science paper made the cover of the April issue
March 26: Coverage of the Lutz et al. paper in PLoS ONE
• UW Madison News: Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain
• Newsweek: The Lotus and the Synapse (no longer available)
• Scientific American: Meditate on This: You Can Learn to Be More Compassionate
• WebMD: Brain Can Learn Compassion via Meditation
• US News & World Reports: Meditation Can Wish You Well, Study Says
• CNN Video: Can you learn compassion?
• BBC News: Scientists probe meditation secrets
• MSNBC/LiveScience: Neuroscience may explain the Dalai Lama
April: Oprah Magazine: Love's Little Blind Spots
March: Oprah Magazine: This is your brain on happiness
February 10: Australian Broadcasting Company's Calalyst program called The Science of Happiness featuring the meditation research from the Davidson lab
February 3: Appleton Post-Crescent: Expertise on early brain development to be shared
January 11: ABC News, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness or video (with commercial)
2007
December 10, 2007: View Richard Davidson's talk at the CASEL Forum in New York: The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning
November 13: The Daily Cardinal interviews Jack Nitschke in The science behind fear
November 12: Contemplation and Education - Landscape of Research: A panel discussion with Richard Davidson, Father Thomas Keating and John Dunne. Wisconsin Union Theater 7:30-9:30pm.
November 8: Capital Times: article covering Nov 12 Panel Discussion, Kid contemplatives: UW neuroscientist's project aims to give middle-schoolers tools of 'mindfulness' and meditation
October 24: UWHC Spritiual Care Grand Rounds: Richard Davidson speaks on Implications of Scientific Research on Meditation for Spiritual Care
October 23: Wall Street Journal: article on self-focused rumination, Do You Hear What I Hear? Telling Off a Colleague -- Silently
October 22: The Emory Wheel: Richard Davidson attends the 15th Mind and Life Conference: Mindfulness, Compassion, and the Treatment of Depression
October 18: Madison Magazine: Richard Davidson named "Person of the Year"
September: Nick Vandehey, graduate student of Dr Brad Christian, received a Most Innovative Honorable Mention award among the "Siemans Preclinical Images of the Year" - presented at the Joint Molecular Imaging Conference held in Providence, RI. View the Siemens Award publication.
August 15: UW Press release about the Johnstone et al. paper: Clinical depression linked to abnormal emotional brain circuits
August 11: Opening of the Hedberg HealthEmotions Research Building
June 25: UW Press Release about the Brefczynski-Lewis et al. paper: Brain scans show how meditation changes minds, increases attention
May 8: Coverage of the Slagter et al. paper in PLoS
• UW-Madison Press Release, Meditation may fine-tune control over attention
• Wisconsin State Journal, Study: Meditation Can Improve Focus
• New York Times, Study Suggests Meditation Can Help Train Attention
• PLoS news article, Learning to Pay Attention
March 18: BBC News: Fear centre 'shrinks' in autism
January 19: Wall Street Journal: How Thinking Can Change the Brain
2006
December 3: Karen Michel, To the Best of Our Knowledge, Wisconsin Public Radio - The Brain & Belief (Segment 1)
December: Coverage of the autism article from Nacewicz et al.: UW News, National Institues of Health News, CBCNews, Reuters Fountdation AlterNet, Wisconsin State Journal.
October 26: The Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA has named Richard Davidson as the first recipient of The Mani Bhaumik Award.
October: Psychology Today: Mastering Your Own Mind.
Sept 18: Wisconsin State Journal: Pursuing peace through meditation
September: PNAS article from Nitschke and associates on anticipation and emotional memory covered by ABC News, BBC News and the Wisconsin State Journal.
June 4: The Denver Post: Willing your way to happiness.
May 8: Time Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential People : East Meets West in His Laboratory. Also see: University Communications and the Wisconsin State Journal.
March 29: PBS: "The New Medicine" documentary web site or video clip
March 17: Wall Street Journal: All in Your Head?
March 3: Wisconsin State Journal: Brain can override taste buds
February 6: Scientific American: Expectations Influence Sense of Taste
January 31: New York Times: Holding Loved One's Hand Can Calm Jittery Neurons
January 10: Time Magazine: How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time
January 4: JAMA: Studies Probe Autism Anatomy, Genetics
2005
November 18: Science: Neuroscientists welcome Dalai Lama with mostly open arms
November 13: USA Today: Say 'om': Meditation may aid in brain function
November 12: New York Times editorial: Our faith in science
November 11: National Public Radio: The links between the Dalai Lama and neuroscience
November 9: Washington Post: For the Dalai Lama, a meeting of brain and mind
September 6: New York Times: Brain scans find spot that links stress to asthma
August 30: BBC news: How emotions spark asthma attack
August 10: $3.4 million directed to key MS study
March 10: Capitol Times: Brain Tests Reveal New Pieces In Autism Puzzle
March 7: UW Communications: Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
March: National Geographic: Spiritual state
Davidson lab work featured in January 2005 Time magazine
January 3: Washington Post: Meditation gives brain a charge, study finds
2004
November 5: Wall Street Journal: Scans of monks' brains show meditation alters structure, functioning
April: Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle visits laboratory
February 28: Wisconsin State Journal: UW Team Finds Maternal Bond Portion Of Brain
February 28: MedicalNewsToday: Baby's Face Lights Up Emotional Center Of New Mom's Brain
February 20: Wisconsin State Journal: UW Seeks Origins Of Emotions
2003
April 26: New York Times article: "The monk in the lab"
February 6: Meditation produces positive changes in the brain
February 6: Brain images reveal effects of antidepressants
2001
May 23: The Dalai Lama and scientists unite to study meditation
April 26: Wisconsin State Journal: New UW Brain Lab Unveiled
March 30: Reading the mind: New lab sharpens brain imagery
Neurobiology advances emotion research
March 30: Scientists to discuss biological links to emotions
1999
September 27: UW to launch center for mind-body interaction