Mental Health

2021 Summer Research Institute Session

Mindfulness, Co-benefits, and Behavioral Eco-Wellness

Bruce Barrett

Topics: Environment | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2021 Summer Research Institute Session

Integrity and Moral Suffering in Relation to the Climate Catastrophe and Health

Roshi Joan Halifax

Topics: Environment | Mental Health | Stress & Resilience

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2020 Contemplative Research Conference Session

Keynote and Q&A: “Understanding Human Thought Through Dynamic Brain Systems”

Kalina Christoff

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2020 Summer Research Institute Session

Compassion-Centered Spiritual Healthcare

Jennifer Mascaro

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Mental Health | Stress & Resilience

2019 Summer Research Institute Session

Breaking Habits: Self-Transcendence and Health Behavior Change

Yoona Kang

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Self & Other

2019 Summer Research Institute Session

From Looking Out to Looking In: Re-Thinking How We Study and Train Attention in Mental Health

Amit Bernstein

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2019 Summer Research Institute Session

How Thinking About Thinking Shapes the Human Experience of Spirit

Tanya Luhrmann

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health

2019 Summer Research Institute Session

The Quest for Serenity Among the Disenfranchised

Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Social Change

2019 Summer Research Institute Session

Measuring, Understanding, and Changing Mental Habits

Lawrence Barsalou

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2019 Summer Research Institute Session

Mental Habits, Prediction Machines, and Controlled Hallucinations

Anil Seth

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Bridging Contemplative Science and Business: An Emerging Global Industry, Innovation Panel co-hosted by The Eagle and The Hawk Foundation and the Aetna Foundation

Moderators:
Panel: Acacia Parks, Cyd Crowse, Charlie Hartwell, Hamet Watt, Mark Bertolini

Topics: Body-based Practices | Contemplative Wisdom | Interconnection | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Keynote: To Be of Benefit: The Promise of Contemplative Research and Practice

Sona Dimidjian

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Interconnection | Mental Health | Self & Other | Social Change

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2018 International Symposium for Contemplative Research Session

Master Lectures: Mindfulness to Meaning: Healing Hedonic Dysregulation in Addiction, Stress, and Pain with Mindfulness–Oriented Recovery Enhancement

Eric Garland

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2018 International Research Institute Session

Neuroscience as a Modern Context for Studying Meditation: How Far Are We, Really?

Gaelle Desbordes

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2018 International Research Institute Session

Healing Through Gratitude: Buddhist Theories of Mind and Self-Transformation in the Japanese Contemplative Practice of Naikan

Chikako Ozawa-de Silva

Topics: Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2017 Summer Research Institute Session

The Other as Part of the Self: Empathy, Understanding and Support

Jim Coan

Topics: Interconnection | Mental Health | Self & Other | Stress & Resilience

2017 Summer Research Institute Session

Social Connectivity, Mind States, and Biological Aging

Elissa Epel

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Interconnection | Mental Health | Stress & Resilience

2017 Summer Research Institute Session

Relationships, Health, and Technology: Toward an Evolutionary Mismatch?

David Sbarra

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Interconnection | Mental Health

2017 Summer Research Institute Session

Interdisciplinary Panel Human Relations: From Implicit Biases to Compassion for Strangers

Moderators: Rhonda Magee
Panel: Jim Coan, Hanne De Jaegher, Nilanjana (Buju) Dasgupta, Rhonda Magee

Topics: Interconnection | Mental Health

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: Understanding the Psychology Behind Compassion Meditation

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Compassion & Empathy | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Opening Keynote, Contemplative and Neuroscientific Perspectives on Personal and Social Well Being: A Conversation with Matthieu Ricard and Richard J. Davidson

Richard J. Davidson, Matthieu Ricard

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Self & Other

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Keynote: Mindfulness Therapeutics in the Promotion of Mental Health

Zindel Segal

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: Mindfulness-Informed Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety

Lizabeth Roemer

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Contemplative Wisdom | Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

NCCIH Research Priorities and Funding Opportunities for Mind and Body Health

Partap Khalsa

Topics: Body-based Practices | Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2016 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lectures: Integrating Contemporary Behaviorist and Traditional Contemplative Approaches: Towards an Effective Technology of Behavior Change

Sarah Bowen

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Self & Other

2016 Summer Research Institute Session

On the Placebo Effect and Its Implications for the Science of Mindfulness

Catherine Kerr

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2016 Summer Research Institute Session

Embodiment: Biocultural Dynamics in Pathways to Differential Well-Being

Carol Worthman

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Stress & Resilience

2016 Summer Research Institute Session

Ecologies of Mind in Health and Illness: A Perspective from Cultural Psychiatry

Laurence J. Kirmayer

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Self & Other

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

Emotion Regulation Therapy: A Synthesis of Affective Neuroscience and Contemplative Practices to Target Mechanisms Underlying Anxious Depression

David M. Fresco

Topics: Mental Health

2015 Summer Research Institute Session

Emotion Regulation Therapy

David M. Fresco

Topics: Mental Health

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 1 -Neurocognitive Processes of Addiction: A Therapeutic Role for Mindfulness?

Brett Froeliger, Eric Garland, Zev Schuman-Olivier

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – Different Neural Characteristics Associated with MBSR and the Relaxation Response

Sara Lazar, Xiaodan (Diane) Yan

Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 5 – Self, Nonself, and Silencing the Self: Dangers and Possibilities

Dana Jack

Topics: Contemplative Wisdom | Mental Health | Self & Other

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Mindfulness, Compassion, and the Therapeutic Presence: Utilizing Contemplative Studies in Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Laura Copley, Carly Scarton, Justin Watts

Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Clinical Applications of Meditation for War-Related Mental Health Consequences and Co-Occurring Conditions

Marina Khusid

Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lecture – Buddhism, Behaviorism, and the Brain

Sarah Bowen, Judson Brewer

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness

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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 3 – Mindfulness and SelfCompassion-Based Exposure Therapy for Combat Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Clinical Outcome and Neuroimaging Studies

Anthony King

Topics: Brain & Cognitive Science | Mental Health | Mindfulness | Stress & Resilience

2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Master Lecture – Successes and Challenges of Mindfulness Training in Applied Settings

Sona Dimidjian, Amishi Jha

Topics: Education | Mental Health | Mindfulness

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2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies Session

Concurrent Session 2 – Mindful Games: Games as a Tool for Meditation and Reflection

Wanda Gregory

Topics: Mental Health | Mindfulness