Ferris Urbanowski

Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation

Psychosomatic Medicine July 1, 2003 Richard J. Davidson, Jon Kabat‐zinn, Jessica R. Schumacher et al. 2,924 citations

OBJECTIVE: The underlying changes in biological processes that are associated with reported changes in mental and physical health in response to meditation have not been systematically explored. We performed a randomized, controlled study on the effects on brain and immune function of a well-known and widely used 8-week clinical training program in mindfulness meditation applied in a work...