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Scholarly Articles by Activity, Last 10 Years

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
  • Lehrer, P. M., & Gevirtz, R. (2014). Heart rate variability biofeedback: how and why does it work?. Frontiers in psychology, 5, 756. doi:  10.1007/s10484-013-9217-6
  • 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. Available here
  • 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

  • Krusche, A., Jack, C. D., Blunt, C., & Hsu, A. (2019). Mindfulness-Based Organisational Education: an Evaluation of a Mindfulness Course Delivered to Employees at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. Mindfulness, 1-12.
  • 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
  • Galante, J., Galante, I., Bekkers, M. J., & Gallacher, J. (2014). Effect of kindness-based meditation on health and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 82(6), 1101. Available here
  • 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
  • Kang, Y., Gray, J. R., & Dovidio, J. F. (2014). The nondiscriminating heart: Lovingkindness meditation training decreases implicit intergroup bias. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 143(3), 1306. doi: 10.1037/a0034150
  • 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]
  • 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
  • Manning, C. A., Waldman, M. R., Lindsey, W. E., Newberg, A. B., & Cotter-Lockard, D. (2013). Personal Inner Values–A Key to Effective Face-to-Face Business Communication. Journal of Executive Education, 11(1), 3. Available at: http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/jee/vol11/iss1/3
  • Delevoye-Turrell, Y. N., & Bobineau, C. (2012). Motor consciousness during intention-based and stimulus-based actions: modulating attention resources through mindfulness meditation. Attention and consciousness in different senses, 180. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00290
  • Marchand, W. R. (2012). Mindfulness-based stress reduction, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and Zen meditation for depression, anxiety, pain, and psychological distress. Journal of Psychiatric Practice®, 18(4), 233-252. doi: 10.1097/01.pra.0000416014.53215.86
  • Moss, A. S., Wintering, N., Roggenkamp, H., Khalsa, D. S., Waldman, M. R., Monti, D., & Newberg, A. B. (2012). Effects of an 8-week meditation program on mood and anxiety in patients with memory loss. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 18(1), 48-53. Available here
  • Keng, S. L., Smoski, M. J., & Robins, C. J. (2011). Effects of mindfulness on psychological health: A review of empirical studies. Clinical psychology review, 31(6), 1041-1056. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.cpr.2011.04.006

Movement

  • Dunlop, D. D., Song, J., Arntson, E. K., Semanik, P. A., Lee, J., Chang, R. W., & Hootman, J. M. (2015). Sedentary time in US older adults associated with disability in activities of daily living independent of physical activity.Journal of physical activity & health, 12(1), 93.
  • 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.
  • Dunstan, D. W., Kingwell, B. A., Larsen, R., Healy, G. N., Cerin, E., Hamilton, M. T., ... & Owen, N. (2012). Breaking up prolonged sitting reduces postprandial glucose and insulin responses. Diabetes care, 35(5), 976-983.
  • Koepp, G. A., Snedden, B. J., Flynn, L., Puccinelli, D., Huntsman, B., & Levine, J. A. (2012). Feasibility analysis of standing desks for sixth graders.ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition, 4(2), 89-92.
  • Van der Ploeg, H. P., Chey, T., Korda, R. J., Banks, E., & Bauman, A. (2012). Sitting time and all-cause mortality risk in 222 497 Australian adults. Archives of internal medicine, 172(6), 494-500.
  • Bauman, A., Ainsworth, B. E., Sallis, J. F., Hagströmer, M., Craig, C. L., Bull, F. C., ... & IPS Group. (2011). The descriptive epidemiology of sitting: a 20-country comparison using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). American journal of preventive medicine, 41(2), 228-235.
  • Church, T. S., Thomas, D. M., Tudor-Locke, C., Katzmarzyk, P. T., Earnest, C. P., Rodarte, R. Q., ... & Bouchard, C. (2011). Trends over 5 decades in US occupation-related physical activity and their associations with obesity. PloS one, 6(5), e19657.
  • Ding, D., Sallis, J. F., Hovell, M. F., Du, J., Zheng, M., He, H., & Owen, N. (2011). Physical activity and sedentary behaviours among rural adults in Suixi, China: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 8(1), 1.
  • Koba, S., Tanaka, H., Maruyama, C., Tada, N., Birou, S., Teramoto, T., & Sasaki, J. (2011). Physical activity in the Japan population: association with blood lipid levels and effects in reducing cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis, 18(10), 833-845.
  • 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.
  • Tudor-Locke, C., Leonardi, C., Johnson, W. D., & Katzmarzyk, P. T. (2011). Time spent in physical activity and sedentary behaviors on the working day: the American time use survey. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 53(12), 1382-1387.

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. Available here
  • 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. Available here

 
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