Britta Hoelzel

Britta Hölzel

Britta Hölzel, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Psychiatry
Division Psychiatric Neuroscience, Lazar Lab
120 2nd Ave
Charlestown, MA 02129
britta@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

Office: 617-724-2256


Training
  • 2004
  • Dipl.-Psych., Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
  • 2004
  • Yoga teacher, Sivananda Organization, Tyrol, Austria
  • 2008
  • Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
    Doktorarbeit: Achtsamkeitsmeditation - Aktivierungsmuster und morphologische Veränderungen im Gehirn von Meditierenden. PDF ansehen.
    (PhD thesis: Mindfulness meditation - hemodynamic response and morphological differences in the brain of meditators).
Academic Appointments
  • 2004-2005
  • Contract Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragte), Department of Biological Psychology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
  • 2005-2006
  • Research and teaching (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin), Department of Clinical Psychology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
  • 2006-2007
  • Contract Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragte), Department of Clinical Psychology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
  • 2008-present
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Lab of Sara Lazar, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Publications
  • Hölzel, B.K., Carmody, J., Evans, K.C., Hoge, E.A., Dusek, J.A., Morgan, L., Pitman, R.K., & Lazar, S.W. (2009).
      Stress reduction correlates with structural changes in the amygdala. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.
      doi: 10.1093/scan/nsp034
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hölzel, B. (2008). Eine betörende Flucht aus der Gedankenflut. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung am 3. April, 2008. PDF ansehen.
Media reports


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