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List of works by Sara W Lazar

Association between oxygen consumption and nitric oxide production during the relaxation response.

scientific article published on 19 December 2005

Change in Brainstem Gray Matter Concentration Following a Mindfulness-Based Intervention is Correlated with Improvement in Psychological Well-Being

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Cytogenetic analysis of intestinal polyps in polyposis syndromes: comparison with sporadic colorectal adenomas.

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Effects of a yoga-based intervention for young adults on quality of life and perceived stress: The potential mediating roles of mindfulness and self-compassion

Effects of mindfulness meditation training on anticipatory alpha modulation in primary somatosensory cortex

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Fluid intelligence and brain functional organization in aging yoga and meditation practitioners

scientific article published on 22 April 2014

Functional brain mapping of the relaxation response and meditation.

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Greater Anteroposterior Default Mode Network Functional Connectivity in Long-Term Elderly Yoga Practitioners

scientific article published on 02 July 2019

Greater Cortical Thickness in Elderly Female Yoga Practitioners-A Cross-Sectional Study

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Greater Cortical Thickness in Elderly Female Yoga Practitioners—A Cross-Sectional Study

Greater widespread functional connectivity of the caudate in older adults who practice kripalu yoga and vipassana meditation than in controls

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How Does Mindfulness Affect Cognition? A Reflection on Confounding Issues Surrounding Mindfulness-based Intervention Research Targeting Cognitive Outcomes

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How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective

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How Does Yoga Reduce Stress?, A Clinical Trial Testing Psychological Mechanisms

scientific article published on 14 August 2020

Intrinsic functional connectivity as a tool for human connectomics: theory, properties, and optimization

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Meditation Training Leads to Changes in Regional Gray Matter Concentration

article by Britta Hoelzel et al published May 2009 in Explore: the Journal of Science and Healing

Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness

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Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation

scientific article published on September 2017

Mindfulness and self-compassion in generalized anxiety disorder: examining predictors of disability

scientific article published on 23 September 2013

Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density

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Mindfulness starts with the body: somatosensory attention and top-down modulation of cortical alpha rhythms in mindfulness meditation

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for bipolar disorder: effects on cognitive functioning

scientific article published on November 2011

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depressed individuals improves suppression of irrelevant mental-sets

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Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for nonremitted patients with bipolar disorder

scientific article published on 02 April 2011

Modulation of spontaneous breathing via limbic/paralimbic-bulbar circuitry: an event-related fMRI study

scientific article published on 18 May 2009

Moving beyond Mindfulness: Defining Equanimity as an Outcome Measure in Meditation and Contemplative Research

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Neural correlates of positive youth development

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Neural mechanisms of symptom improvements in generalized anxiety disorder following mindfulness training

scientific article published on 25 March 2013

Pain Attenuation through Mindfulness is Associated with Decreased Cognitive Control and Increased Sensory Processing in the Brain

Pain attenuation through mindfulness is associated with decreased cognitive control and increased sensory processing in the brain

scientific article published on 15 December 2011

Point process time-frequency analysis of dynamic respiratory patterns during meditation practice

scientific article published on 21 February 2012

Point process time-frequency analysis of respiratory sinus arrhythmia under altered respiration dynamics

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Prefrontal cortical activation during emotion regulation: Linking religious/spiritual practices with well-being

Reiterated Concerns and Further Challenges for Mindfulness and Meditation Research: A Reply to Davidson and Dahl

scientific article published in September 2017

Strengthened Hippocampal Circuits Underlie Enhanced Retrieval of Extinguished Fear Memories Following Mindfulness Training

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

Stress reduction correlates with structural changes in the amygdala

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The Neurobiology of Mindfulness

The potential effects of meditation on age-related cognitive decline: a systematic review

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