Research Guides: Brain Booth at the Library: Scholarly Research

Scholarly Articles

Biofeedback/Neurofeedback

Gillie, B. L., & Thayer, J. F. (2014). Individual differences in resting heart rate variability and cognitive control in posttraumatic stress disorder. Frontiers in psychology, 5. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00758
Kok, B. E., Coffey, K. A., Cohn, M. A., Catalino, L. I., Vacharkulksemsuk, T., Algoe, S. B., ... & Fredrickson, B. L. (2013). How positive emotions build physical health perceived positive social connections account for the upward spiral between positive emotions and vagal tone. Psychological science,24(7), 1123-1132.
Olex, S., Newberg, A., & Figueredo, V. M. (2013). Meditation: Should a cardiologist care?. International journal of cardiology, 168(3), 1805-1810. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.06.086 [paywall]
Contemplation/Positivity
Lotze, M., Erhard, K., Neumann, N., Eickhoff, S. B., & Langner, R. (2015). Neural correlates of verbal creativity: differences in resting-state functional connectivity associated with expertise in creative writing. Neural Implementations of Expertise, 142. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00516
Shah, C., Erhard, K., Ortheil, H. J., Kaza, E., Kessler, C., & Lotze, M. (2013). Neural correlates of creative writing: an fMRI study. Human brain mapping, 34(5), 1088-1101. DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21493
Liu, S., Chow, H. M., Xu, Y., Erkkinen, M. G., Swett, K. E., Eagle, M. W., ... & Braun, A. R. (2012). Neural correlates of lyrical improvisation: an fMRI study of freestyle rap. Scientific reports, 2. doi:10.1038/srep00834

Meditation/Mindfulness

Breedvelt, J., Amanvermez, Y., Harrer, M., Karyotaki, E., Gilbody, S., Bockting, C. L., ... & Ebert, D. D. (2019). The effects of meditation, yoga and mindfulness on depression, anxiety and stress in tertiary education students: A meta-analysis. Frontiers in psychiatry, 10, 193.
Ding, X., Tang, Y. Y., Cao, C., Deng, Y., Wang, Y., Xin, X., & Posner, M. I. (2015). Short-term meditation modulates brain activity of insight evoked with solution cue. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 10(1), 43-49. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsu032
Song, Y., & Lindquist, R. (2015). Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on depression, anxiety, stress and mindfulness in Korean nursing students. Nurse education today, 35(1), 86-90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2014.06.010 [paywall]
Zeng, X., Chiu, C. P., Wang, R., Oei, T. P., & Leung, F. Y. (2015). The effect of loving-kindness meditation on positive emotions: a meta-analytic review.Frontiers in psychology, 6. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffpsyg.2015.01693
Ding, X., Tang, Y. Y., Tang, R., & Posner, M. I. (2014). Improving creativity performance by short-term meditation. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 10(1), 1. DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-10-9
Goyal, M., Singh, S., Sibinga, E. M., Gould, N. F., Rowland-Seymour, A., Sharma, R., ... & Ranasinghe, P. D. (2014). Meditation programs for psychological stress and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis.JAMA internal medicine, 174(3), 357-368. DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13018.
Haas, A. S., & Langer, E. J. (2014). Mindful attraction and synchronization: Mindfulness and regulation of interpersonal synchronicity. NeuroQuantology,12(1). 10.14704/nq.2014.12.1.728
Larouche, M., Cote, G., Belisle, D., & Lorrain, D. (2014). Kind attention and non-judgment in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy applied to the treatment of insomnia: state of knowledge. Pathologie Biologie, 62(5), 284-291. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.patbio.2014.07.002 [paywall]

Mindfulness and Race

Nalika Gajaweera. (2021). Sitting in the Fire Together: People of Color Cultivating Radical Resilience in North American Insight Meditation. Journal of Global Buddhism, 22(1), 121–139. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4727595
Lueke, A., & Gibson, B. (2014). Mindfulness meditation reduces implicit age and race bias the role of reduced automaticity of responding. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1948550614559651.DOI: 10.1177/1948550614559651
Watson-Singleton, Womack, V. Y., Holder-Dixon, A. R., & Black, A. R. (2021). Racism’s (un)worthiness trap: The mediating roles of self-compassion and self-coldness in the link between racism and distress in African Americans. Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000398
Kang, Y., Gray, J. R., & Dovidio, J. F. (2014). The nondiscriminating heart: Loving kindness meditation training decreases implicit intergroup bias. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(3), 1306. doi: 10.1037/a0034150
Using Mindfulness- and Acceptance-Based Treatments With Clients From Nondominant Cultural and/or Marginalized Backgrounds: Clinical Considerations, Meta-Analysis Findings, and Introduction to the Special Series: Clinical Considerations in using Acceptance- and Mindfulness-based Treatments With Diverse Populations. (2013). Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 20(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2011.12.004
Ramos, Aguilera, A., Montoya, A., Lau, A., Wen, C. Y., Cruz Torres, V., & Chavira, D. (2022). App-Based Mindfulness Meditation for People of Color Who Experience Race-Related Stress: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(4), e35196–e35196. https://doi.org/10.2196/35196

Movement

Koepp, G. A., Manohar, C. U., McCrady‐Spitzer, S. K., Ben‐Ner, A., Hamann, D. J., Runge, C. F., & Levine, J. A. (2013). Treadmill desks: A 1‐year prospective trial. Obesity, 21(4), 705-711.
Mora, F. (2013). Successful brain aging: plasticity, environmental enrichment, and lifestyle. Dialogues Clin Neurosci, 15(1), 45-52.
Delisle, H., Ntandou-Bouzitou, G., Agueh, V., Sodjinou, R., & Fayomi, B. (2012). Urbanisation, nutrition transition and cardiometabolic risk: the Benin study. British Journal of Nutrition, 107(10), 1534-1544.
Levine, J. A., McCrady, S. K., Boyne, S., Smith, J., Cargill, K., & Forrester, T. (2011). Non-exercise physical activity in agricultural and urban people. Urban studies, 48(11), 2417-2427.

Sound/Music

Salimpoor, V. N., Benovoy, M., Larcher, K., Dagher, A., & Zatorre, R. J. (2011). Anatomically distinct dopamine release during anticipation and experience of peak emotion to music. Nature neuroscience, 14(2), 257-262. DOI: 10.1038/nn.2726

Virtual Reality

Ulrich, M., Keller, J., Hoenig, K., Waller, C., & Grön, G. (2014). Neural correlates of experimentally induced flow experiences. Neuroimage, 86, 194-202. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.08.019
Hoffman, H. G., Chambers, G. T., Meyer III, W. J., Arceneaux, L. L., Russell, W. J., Seibel, E. J., ... & Patterson, D. R. (2011). Virtual reality as an adjunctive non-pharmacologic analgesic for acute burn pain during medical procedures. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 41(2), 183-191.
Maani, C. V., Hoffman, H. G., Morrow, M., Maiers, A., Gaylord, K., McGhee, L. L., & DeSocio, P. A. (2011). Virtual reality pain control during burn wound debridement of combat-related burn injuries using robot-like arm mounted VR goggles. The Journal of trauma, 71(1 0), S125

Workplace Mindfulness

Islam, Holm, M., & Karjalainen, M. (2022). Sign of the times: Workplace mindfulness as an empty signifier. Organization (London, England), 29(1), 3–29. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508417740643
Lin, Huang, C.-K., Li, H.-X., Chang, T.-W., & Hsu, Y.-C. (2022). Will They Stay or Leave? Interplay of Organizational Learning Culture and Workplace Mindfulness on Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions. Public Personnel Management, 51(1), 24–47. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091026021991581
Qiu, & Rooney, D. (2017). Addressing Unintended Ethical Challenges of Workplace Mindfulness: A Four-Stage Mindfulness Development Model. Journal of Business Ethics, 157(3), 715–730. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3693-1

Contemplative Pedagogy

Hensley, N. (2020). Educating for sustainable development: Cultivating creativity through mindfulness. Journal of Cleaner Production, 243, 118542.
Zarotti, N., Povah, C., & Simpson, J. (2020). Mindfulness mediates the relationship between cognitive reappraisal and resilience in higher education students. Personality and Individual Differences, 156, 109795.
Tisdell, E. J., & Riley, T. D. (2019). The Landscape of Mindfulness and Meditation in Adult Education: A Partial Prescription (and Critique) for Lifelong Learning and Well‐Being. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2019(161), 9-20.
McArthur, K. R. (2019). Organizational Mindfulness in Higher Education Information Technology: A Delphi Study (Doctoral dissertation, Southern New Hampshire University).
Bone, J. (2018). Yoga and Pedagogical Mindfulness in Higher Education. In Mindfulness in the Academy (pp. 203-215). Springer, Singapore.
Galante, J., Dufour, G., Vainre, M., Wagner, A. P., Stochl, J., Benton, A., ... & Jones, P. B. (2018). A mindfulness-based intervention to increase resilience to stress in university students (the Mindful Student Study): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Public Health, 3(2), e72-e81.
de Jesus, S. N., Miguel-Tobal, J. J., Rus, C. L., Viseu, J., & Gamboa, V. (2014). Evaluating the effectiveness of a stress management training on teachers and physicians’ stress related outcomes. Clínica y Salud, 25(2), 111-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clysa.2014.06.004
Greeson, J. M., Juberg, M. K., Maytan, M., James, K., & Rogers, H. (2014). A randomized controlled trial of Koru: a mindfulness program for college students and other emerging adults. Journal of American College Health,62(4), 222-233. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2014.887571
Zenner, C., Herrnleben-Kurz, S., & Walach, H. (2014). Mindfulness-based interventions in schools—a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in psychology, 5, 603. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00603
Flook, L., Goldberg, S. B., Pinger, L., Bonus, K., & Davidson, R. J. (2013). Mindfulness for teachers: A pilot study to assess effects on stress, burnout, and teaching efficacy. Mind, Brain, and Education, 7(3), 182-195.
Jennings, P. A., Frank, J. L., Snowberg, K. E., Coccia, M. A., & Greenberg, M. T. (2013). Improving classroom learning environments by Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE): Results of a randomized controlled trial. School Psychology Quarterly, 28(4), 374. http://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/spq0000035 [paywall]

Parry, M. (2013). You’re distracted: This professor can help. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Available here
Helber, C., Zook, N. A., & Immergut, M. (2012). Meditation in Higher Education: Does it Enhance Cognition?. Innovative Higher Education, 37(5), 349-358. DOI: 10.1007/s10755-012-9217-0
Vogus, T. J., & Sutcliffe, K. M. (2012). Organizational mindfulness and mindful organizing: A reconciliation and path forward. Academy of management learning & education, 11(4), 722-735.
Gold, E., Smith, A., Hopper, I., Herne, D., Tansey, G., & Hulland, C. (2010). Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for primary school teachers.Journal of child and family studies, 19(2), 184-189. DOI 10.1007/s10826-009-9344-0
Shapiro, S. L., Brown, K. W., & Astin, J. A. (2008). Toward the integration of meditation into higher education: A review of research. The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. Retrieved from http://www.contemplativemind.org/files/MedandHigherEd.pdf