Investigating Healthy Minds with Richard Davidson [On Being]

Investigating Healthy Minds with Richard Davidson

June 23, 2011

Once upon a time we assumed the brain stops developing when we're young. Neuroscientist Richard Davidson helped overturn this idea by studying the brains of meditating Buddhist monks. Now he's working on conditions like ADHD and autism. He focuses not on fixing what is wrong, but on rewiring our minds with life-enriching behaviors.

About the Image

Rich, a U.S. soldier who fought in Iraq, is hooked up to electrodes that monitor his brain activity while in Richard Davidson's lab.

(photo from Free the Mind)

Program Details

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» Unedited Interview with Richard Davidson (mp3, 70:03)

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About the Image

Rich, a U.S. soldier who fought in Iraq, is hooked up to electrodes that monitor his brain activity while in Richard Davidson's lab. (photo from Free the Mind)

Special Funding

Funding provided in part by the John Templeton Foundation.

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Richard Davidson
Davidson is William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior. He's also founder and director of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds.