News and Events featuring lab investigators and research

 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 Frances and Richie Davidson appear on the first ~20 minutes of this HDNet program called Mind Science (or here on Google)
 April 8: Dan Rather Reports: Antoine Lutz, Andy Frances and Richie Davidson appear on the first ~20 minutes of this HDNet program called Mind Science (or here on Google)
 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
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 3, 2008: Appleton Post-Crescent: Expertise on early brain development to be shared
 January 11, 2008: ABC News, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness or video (with commercial)
   
 December 11, 2007: A Science and Religion Symposium: Neuroscience of the Spirit. Featuring Nancey Murphy and Richard Davidson.
 December 11, 2007: Scientific American (on youtube.com), Meditation Enhances Attention
 December 10, 2007: The Neuroscience of Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning. Richard Davidson presents his research at a CASEL Forum in NY
 November 20, 2007: "How the Brain Changes" a public discussion with Richard Davidson and Steven Fortney. Madison Public Library - Central Branch
 November 13, 2007: 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, 2007: 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, 2007: Video of Richard Davidson at the UWHC Spritiual Care Grand Rounds - Implications of Scientific Research on Meditation for Spiritual Care
 October 23, 2007: Wall Street Journal: article on self-focused rumination, Do You Hear What I Hear? Telling Off a Colleague -- Silently
 October 22, 2007: The Emory Wheel: Richard Davidson attends the 15th Mind and Life Conference: Mindfulness, Compassion, and the Treatment of Depression
 October 18, 2007: Madison Magazine: Richard Davidson named "Person of the Year"
 October 15, 2007: Newsweek: How to Read a Face
 August 15, 2007: UW Press release about the Johnstone et al. paper: Clinical depression linked to abnormal emotional brain circuits
 August 11, 2007: Opening of the Hedberg HealthEmotions Research Building
 June 25, 2007: UW Press Release about the Brefczynski-Lewis et al. paper: Brain scans show how meditation changes minds, increases attention
 May 8, 2007: 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, 2007: BBC News: Fear centre 'shrinks' in autism
 January 19, 2007: Wall Street Journal: How Thinking Can Change the Brain
   
 December 3, 2006: Karen Michel, To the Best of Our Knowledge, Wisconsin Public Radio - The Brain & Belief (Segment 1)
 December 2006: 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, 2006: The Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA has named Richard Davidson as the first recipient of The Mani Bhaumik Award. Listen to his talk here - scroll down to announcement from November 16th.
 October 2006: Psychology Today: Mastering Your Own Mind.
 Sept 18, 2006: Wisconsin State Journal: Pursuing peace through meditation
 September 2006: PNAS article from Nitschke and associates on anticipation and emotional memory covered by ABC News, BBC News and the Wisconsin State Journal.

June 4, 2006: The Denver Post: Willing your way to happiness.

 May 8, 2006: 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, 2006: PBS: "The New Medicine" documentary web site, interview (scroll down for Davidson) or video clip
 March 17, 2006: Wall Street Journal: All in Your Head?
 March 3, 2006: Wisconsin State Journal: Brain can override taste buds
 February 6, 2006: Scientific American: Expectations Influence Sense of Taste
 January 31, 2006: New York Times: Holding Loved One's Hand Can Calm Jittery Neurons
 January 10, 2006: Time Magazine: How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time
 January 4, 2006: JAMA: Studies Probe Autism Anatomy, Genetics
   
 November 18, 2005: Science: Neuroscientists welcome Dalai Lama with mostly open arms
 November 12, 2005: New York Times editorial: Our faith in science
 November 11, 2005: National Public Radio: The links between the Dalai Lama and neuroscience
 November 9, 2005: Washington Post: For the Dalai Lama, a meeting of brain and mind
September 6, 2005: New York Times: Brain scans find spot that links stress to asthma
August 30, 2005: BBC news: How emotions spark asthma attack
August 10, 2005: $3.4 million directed to key MS study
March 10, 2005: Capitol Times: Brain Tests Reveal New Pieces In Autism Puzzle
March 7, 2005: UW Communications: Study: Eye contact triggers threat signals in autistic children's brains
March 2005: National Geographic: Spiritual state
Davidson lab work featured in January 2005 Time magazine
January 3, 2005: Washington Post: Meditation gives brain a charge, study finds
   
November 5, 2004: Wall Street Journal: Scans of monks' brains show meditation alters structure, functioning
April 2004: Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle visits laboratory
February 28, 2004: Wisconsin State Journal: UW Team Finds Maternal Bond Portion Of Brain
February 28, 2004: MedicalNewsToday: Baby's Face Lights Up Emotional Center Of New Mom's Brain
February 20, 2004: Wisconsin State Journal: UW Seeks Origins Of Emotions
February 2004: TED.com: Matthieu Ricard: Habits of Happiness. Includes mention of Davidson research.
   
September 2, 2003: New York Times: Power of Positive Thinking May Have a Health Benefit
September 2, 2003: University Communications: Study shows brain activity influences immune function
April 29, 2003: Wisconsin State Journal: UW-madison Psychologists Honored
April 26, 2003: New York Times: "The monk in the lab"
February 6, 2003: Meditation produces positive changes in the brain
February 6, 2003: Brain images reveal effects of antidepressants
   
May 23, 2001: The Dalai Lama and scientists unite to study meditation
May 2001: Photos of Dalai Lama visit
April 26, 2001: Wisconsin State Journal: New UW Brain Lab Unveiled
Neurobiology advances emotion research
March 30, 2001: Scientists to discuss biological links to emotions
   
September 27, 1999: UW to launch center for mind-body interaction

 

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