Willy One & Lawson, here's what's been published so far on the
Shamatha Project.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Jacobs, T.L., Epel, E.S., Lin, J., Blackburn, E.H., Wolkowitz, O.M.,
Bridwell, D.A., Zanesco., A.P., Aichele, S.R., Sahdra, B.K., MacLean,
K.A., King, B.G., Shaver, P.R., Rosenberg, E.L., Ferrer, E., Wallace,
B.A., & Saron, C.D. (Accepted for Publication). Intensive meditation
training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological
mediators. Psychoneuroendocrinology. [Download PDF]
Sahdra, B.K., MacLean, K.A., Ferrer, E., Shaver, P.R., Rosenberg,
E.L., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, A.P., Aichele, S.R., King, B.G.,
Bridwell, D.A., Lavy, S., Mangun, G.R., Wallace, B.A., & Saron, C.D.
(2011). Enhanced response inhibition during intensive meditation
training predicts improvements in self-reported adaptive
socioemotional functioning. Emotion, 11(2), 299-312. [Download PDF]
MacLean, K.A., Ferrer, E., Aichele, S.R., Bridwell, D.A., Zanesco,
A.P., Jacobs, T.L., King, B.G., Rosenberg, E.L., Sahdra, B.K.,
Shaver, P.R., Wallace, B.A., Mangun, G.R., & Saron, C.D. (2010).
Intensive meditation training improves perceptual discrimination and
sustained attention. Psychological Science, 21(6), 829-839. [Download
PDF]
MacLean, K.A., Aichele, S.R., Bridwell, D.A., Mangun, G.R.,
Wojciulik, E., & Saron, C.D. (2009). Interactions between endogenous
and exogenous attention during vigilance. Attention, Perception, &
Psychophysics, 71(5), 1042-1058. [Download PDF]
Shaver, P.R., Lavy, S., Saron, C.D., Mikulincer, M. (2007). Social
foundations of the capacity for mindfulness: An attachment
perspective. Psychological Inquiry, 18(4), 264-271. [Download PDF]
Published Abstracts
Saggar, M., MacLean, K.A., Aichele, S.R., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco,
A.P., Bridwell, D.A., King, B.G., Sahdra, B.K., Rosenberg, E.L.,
Shaver, P.R., Ferrer, E., Wallace, B.A., Mangun, G.R., Miikkulainen,
R., & Saron, C.D. Cortical activation changes associated with
intensive meditation training are related to vigilance performance.
Poster to be presented at the Society for Cognitive Neuroscience
annual meeting, San Francisco, April, 2011.
Sahdra, B.K., MacLean, K.A., Ferrer, E., Shaver, P.R., Rosenberg,
E.L., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, A.P., King, B.G., Aichele, S.R.,
Bridwell, D.A., Mangun, G.R., Lavy, S., Wallace, B.A., & Saron, C.D.
(2010, August). Response Inhibition Enhanced by Meditation Training
Predicts Improved Adaptive Functioning. Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.
Saggar, M., Aichele, S.R., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, A.P., Bridwell,
D.A., MacLean, K.A., King, B.G., Sahdra, B.K., Rosenberg, E.L.,
Shaver, P.R., Ferrer, E., Wallace, B.A., Mangun, G.R., Saron, C.D.,
& Miikkulainen, R. (2010, July). A computational approach to
understand the longitudinal changes in cortical activity associated
with intensive meditation training. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Organization for Computational Neuroscience, San
Antonio, TX.
King, B.G., Zanesco, A.P., Bridwell, D.A., Jacobs, T.L., Aichele,
S.R., MacLean, K.A., Shaver, P.R., Rosenberg, E.L., Sahdra, B.K.,
Ferrer, E., Wallace, B.A., & Saron, C.D. (2010, April). Accentuate
the positive: Longitudinal effects of intensive meditation training
on modulation of the emotion potentiated startle reflex. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience
Society, Montreal, Canada.
Saggar, M., Aichele, S.R., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, A.P., Bridwell,
D.A., MacLean, K.A., King, B.G., Sahdra, B.K., Rosenberg, E.L.,
Shaver, P.R., Ferrer, E., Tang, A. C., Wallace, B.A., Mangun, G.R.,
Miikkulainen R., & Saron, C.D. (2010, January). Training attention:
longitudinal changes in cortical activity associated with intensive
meditation. Paper presented at the SPIE Human Vision and Electronic
Imaging Conference Symposium Presentation.
Saggar, M., Aichele, S.R., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, A.P., Bridwell,
D.A., MacLean, K.A., King, B.G., Sahdra, B.K., Rosenberg, E.L.,
Shaver, P.R., Ferrer, E., Tang, A.C., Wallace, B.A., Mangun, G.R.,
Miikkulainen, R., & Saron, C.D. (2009, October). Longitudinal changes
in brain activity associated with intensive meditation training.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience, Chicago, IL.
MacLean, K.A., Aichele, S.R., Bridwell, D.A., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco,
A.P., King, B.G., Saggar, M., Mazaheri, A., Ferrer, E,. Rosenberg,
E.L., Sahdra, B.K., Shaver, P.R., Wallace, B.A., Mangun, G.R., &
Saron, C.D. (2009, October). Effects of intensive meditation training
on sustained attention: changes in visual event-related potentials,
ongoing EEG and behavioral performance. Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL.
Jacobs, T.L., Epel, E.S., Lin, J., Blackburn, E.L., Wolkowitz, O.M.,
Bridwell, D.A., Zanesco, A.P., Aichele, S.R., King, B.G., Sahdra,
B.K., MacLean, K.A., Lavy, S., Shaver, P.R., Ferrer, E., Rosenberg,
E.L., Wallace, B.A., & Saron, C.D. (2009, July). Telomerase Activity
is Modulated by Changes in Psychological Well-Being as a Function of
Intensive Meditation. Paper presented at the symposium on “Stress,
well being and cellular aging” at the annual meeting of the
International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology, San Francisco, CA.
Rosenberg, E.L., Zanesco, A.P., King, B.G., Aichele, S.R., Jacobs,
T.L., MacLean, K.A., Bridwell, D.A., Wallace, B.A., & Saron, C.D.
(2009, May). Intensive Meditative Training Changes Facial Responses
to Scenes of Human Suffering. Paper presented at the symposium on
“New Findings on Facial Expressions in Health Psychology: Moving
Beyond Self-Report” at the annual meeting of the Association for
Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
MacLean, K.A., Aichele, S.R., Bridwell, D.A., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco,
A.P., King, B.G., Mangun, G.R., & Saron, C.D. (2008, November).
Intensive attention training in concentration meditation leads to
improvements in visual sustained attention and response inhibition.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
MacLean, K.A., Saron, C.D., Aichele, S.R., Bridwell, D.A., Jacobs,
T.L., Zanesco, A.P., & Mangun, G.R. (2008, April). Improvements in
Perceptual Threshold with Intensive Attention Training through
Concentration Meditation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of
the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.
Lavy, S., Shaver, P.R., Saron, C.D., & Zanesco, A.P. (2007, May).
Gender Differences in Relations between Meditation, Empathy, and
Emotion Regulation. Poster presented at the annual convention of the
American Psychological Society, Washington, D.C.
