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Participate in a study!
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- Feeling stressed?
We are currently recruiting for a study on the effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on the brain.
Click here to learn more. For enrollment, please contact Patricia Pop and Tom Calahan: StressreductionMGH@gmail.com or 617-643-9216.
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Publications
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- Hölzel, B.K., Lazar, S.W., Gard, T., Schuman-Olivier, Z., Vago, D.R., & Ott, U. (2011).
How does mindfulness meditation work? Proposing mechanisms of action from a conceptual and neural perspective. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6, 537-559.
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- Hölzel, B.K., Carmody, J., Vangel, M., Congleton, C., Yerramsetti, S.M., Gard, T., & Lazar, S.W. (2011).
Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 191, 36-42.
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- Hölzel, B.K., Carmody, J., Evans, K.C., Hoge, E.A., Dusek, J.A., Morgan, L., Pitman, R.K., & Lazar, S.W. (2010).
Stress reduction correlates with structural changes in the amygdala. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 5, 11-17.
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- Hölzel, B.K., Ott, U., Gard, T., Hempel, H., Weygandt, M., Morgen, K., & Vaitl, D. (2008). Investigation of mindfulness
meditation practitioners with voxel-based morphometry. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 3, 55-61.
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- Hölzel, B.K., Ott, U., Hempel, H., Hackl, A., Wolf, K., Stark, R., & Vaitl, D. (2007). Differential engagement of anterior
cingulate and adjacent medial frontal cortex in adept meditators and non-meditators. Neuroscience Letters, 421, 16-21.
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- Hölzel, B., & Ott, U. (2006). Relationships between meditation depth, absorption, meditation
practice, and mindfulness: A latent variable approach. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 38 (2), 179-199.
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- Hölzel, B. (2008). Eine betörende Flucht aus der Gedankenflut. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung am 3. April, 2008. PDF.
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- Deckersbach, T., Hölzel, B., Eisner, L.R., Stange, J.P., Peckham, A.D., Lazar, S.W., Daugherty, D.D., Rauch, S.L.,
& Nierenberg, A.A. (2012). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for non-remitted patients with bipolar disorder. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, 18(2), 133-141.
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- Gard, T., Hölzel, B.K., Sack, A.T., Hempel, H., Lazar, S.W., Vaitl, D., & Ott, U. (2012).
Pain attenuation through mindfulness is associated with decreased cognitive control and increased sensory processing in the brain.
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- Gard, T., Brach, N., Hölzel, B.K., Noggle, J.J., Conboy, L.A., & Lazar, S.W. (2012).
Effects of yoga-based intervention for young adults on quality of life and perceived stress: The potential mediating roles of mindfulness and self-compassion. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 7(3), 165-175.
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- Hartig, J., Hölzel, B., & Moosbrugger, H. (2007). A confirmatory analysis of item reliability trends (CAIRT):
Differentiating true score and error variance in the analysis of item context effects. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 42, 157-183.
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- Ott, U., Hölzel, B.K., & Vaitl, D. (2011). Brain structure and meditation. How spiritual practice shapes the brain.
In H.Walach, S.Schmidt, & W.B.Jonas (Eds.), Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality. Proceedings of the Expert Meeting in Freiburg/Breisgau 2008. Berlin: Springer. PDF.
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- Ott, U., & Hölzel, B.K. (2011). Meditationsforschung: neuroanatomische Befunde.
Deutsche Zeitschrift für Akupunktur, 54, 17-19.
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- Ott, U., & Hölzel, B.K. (2013). Meditation research. In A. Runehov & L. Oviedo (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag GmbH.
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- Stange, J.P., Eisner, L.R., Hölzel, B., Peckham, A.D., Dougherty, D.D., Rauch, S.L., ... & Deckersbach, T. (2011).
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder: Effects on cognitive functioning. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 17(6), 410-419.
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