Research on Increasing Attention & Mindfulness

Mindful Awareness Research Center, UCLA Semel Institute Bibliography

UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center

Broderick, P.C. & Frank, J.L. (2014). Learning to BREATHE: An intervention to foster mindfulness in adolescence. New Directions for Youth Development, 142. doi: 10.1002/yd.20095

Brown, K. W., Ryan, R. M., & Creswell, J. D. (2007). Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for Its Salutary Effects. Psychological Inquiry, 4. 211-237. doi: 10.1080/10478400701598298

Cahn, B. & Polich, J. (2006). Meditation states and traits: EEG, ERP, and neuroimaging studies. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 180-211. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.132.2.180

Davidson, R. J., & Begley, S. (2012).The emotional life of your brain: How its unique patterns affect the way you think, feel, and live--and how you can change them. New York: Hudson Street Press.

Garey, J. (2017) The Power of Mindfulness: How meditation practice can help kids become less anxious, more focused. Retrieved from: https://childmind.org/article/the-power-of-mindfulness/

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, 191, 36-43. doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.08.006

Hughes, J. W., Fresco, D. M., Myerscough, R., van Dulmen, M. M., Carlson, L. E., & Josephson, R. (2013). Randomized controlled trial of mindfulness-based stress reduction for prehypertension. Psychosomatic Medicine, 75, 721-728. doi:10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182a3e4e5

Kabat-Zinn, J. (1994). Wherever you go, there you are. New York, NY: Hyperion.

Kang, D., Jo, H. J., Jung, W. H., Kim, S. H., Jung, Y., Choi, C., & ... Kwon, J. S. (2013). The effect of meditation on brain structure: cortical thickness mapping and diffusion tensor imaging. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8, 27-33. doi:10.1093/scan/nss056

Kuo, F., & Taylor, A. (2004). A potential natural treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: evidence from a national study. American Journal of Public Health, 94, 1580-1586.doi:10.2105/AJPH.94.9.1580

Lazar, S. W., Kerr, C. E., Wasserman, R. H., Gray, J. R., Greve, D. N., Treadway, M. T., & Fischl, B. (2005). Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness. Neuroreport, 16, 1893-1897.

Louv, R. (2005) Last child in the woods: Saving our children from nature-deficit disorder. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Marselle, M., Irvine, K., & Warber, S. (2014). Examining group walks in nature and multiple aspects of well-being: A large-scale study. Ecopsychology, 6, 134-147. doi:10.1089/eco.2014.0027

Oppezzo, M., & Schwartz, D. (n.d). Give your ideas some legs: The positive effect of walking on creative thinking. Journal of Experimental Psychology-Learning Memory and Cognition, 40, 1142-1152. doi.org/10.1037/a0036577

Schonert-Reichl, K. A., & Lawlor, M. S. (2010). The effects of a mindfulness-based education program on pre-- and early adolescents’ well--being and social and emotional competence. Mindfulness, 1, 137--151. doi: 10.1007/s12671-010-0011-8

Taren, A. A., Gianaros, P. J., Greco, C. M., Lindsay, E. K., Fairgrieve, A., Brown, K. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2015). Mindfulness meditation training alters stress-related amygdala resting state functional connectivity: a randomized controlled trial. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10, 1758-1768. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsv066

Teper, R., & Inzlicht, M. (2013). Meditation, mindfulness and executive control: the importance of emotional acceptance and brain-based performance monitoring. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8, 85-92. doi:10.1093/scan/nss045

Zenner, C., Herrnleben-Kurz, S., & Walach, H. (2014). Mindfulness--based interventions in schools–A systematic review and meta--analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1-20.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00603