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- Influence
Intrinsic functional connectivity as a tool for human connectomics: theory, properties, and optimization.
- Koene R. A. Van Dijk, T. Hedden, A. Venkataraman, K. Evans, S. Lazar, R. Buckner
- Computer Science, Medicine
- Journal of neurophysiology
- 2010
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How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective
- B. Hölzel, S. Lazar, T. Gard, Zev Schuman-Olivier, David R Vago, U. Ott
- Psychology, Medicine
- Perspectives on psychological science : a journal…
- 14 October 2011
Cultivation of mindfulness, the nonjudgmental awareness of experiences in the present moment, produces beneficial effects on well-being and ameliorates psychiatric and stress-related symptoms.… Expand
Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density
- B. Hölzel, J. Carmody, M. Vangel, Christina Congleton, S. Lazar
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
- 30 January 2011
Therapeutic interventions that incorporate training in mindfulness meditation have become increasingly popular, but to date little is known about neural mechanisms associated with these… Expand
Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness
Previous research indicates that long-term meditation practice is associated with altered resting electroencephalogram patterns, suggestive of long lasting changes in brain activity. We hypothesized… Expand
Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation
- N. V. Van Dam, M. V. van Vugt, +12 authors D. Meyer
- Psychology, Medicine
- Perspectives on psychological science : a journal…
- 1 January 2018
During the past two decades, mindfulness meditation has gone from being a fringe topic of scientific investigation to being an occasional replacement for psychotherapy, tool of corporate well-being,… Expand
Functional brain mapping of the relaxation response and meditation
- S. Lazar, G. Bush, R. Gollub, G. Fricchione, G. Khalsa, H. Benson
- Psychology, Medicine
- Neuroreport
- 15 May 2000
&NA; Meditation is a conscious mental process that induces a set of integrated physiologic changes termed the relaxation response. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to identify… Expand
Contemplating Mindfulness at Work
- D. Good, Christopher J. Lyddy, +6 authors S. Lazar
- Psychology
- 1 January 2016
Mindfulness research activity is surging within organizational science. Emerging evidence across multiple fields suggests that mindfulness is fundamentally connected to many aspects of workplace… Expand
SurA assists the folding of Escherichia coli outer membrane proteins.
Many proteins require enzymatic assistance in order to achieve a functional conformation. One rate-limiting step in protein folding is the cis-trans isomerization of prolyl residues, a reaction… Expand
Stress reduction correlates with structural changes in the amygdala.
- B. Hölzel, J. Carmody, +5 authors S. Lazar
- Psychology, Medicine
- Social cognitive and affective neuroscience
- 1 March 2010
Stress has significant adverse effects on health and is a risk factor for many illnesses. Neurobiological studies have implicated the amygdala as a brain structure crucial in stress responses.… Expand
Moving Beyond Mindfulness: Defining Equanimity as an Outcome Measure in Meditation and Contemplative Research
- Gaëlle Desbordes, T. Gard, +5 authors David R Vago
- Psychology, Medicine
- Mindfulness
- 2014
In light of a growing interest in contemplative practices such as meditation, the emerging field of contemplative science has been challenged to describe and objectively measure how these practices… Expand