MBSR Research

Research Unit of the Mindfulness Center of Brown University

The Research Unit of the Mindfulness Center is dedicated to performing high quality, methodologically rigorous research to investigate the impacts of mindfulness on health, and the underlying mechanisms. Find out more here.

American Mindfulness Research Association

For a comprehensive updated listing of academic and scientific articles on mindfulness-based approaches please consult the The American Mindfulness Research Association (AMRA) which was founded in 2013. Their mission is to support empirical and conceptual efforts to:

(1) establish an evidence base for the process, practice, and construct of mindfulness;
(2) promote best evidence-based standards for the use of mindfulness research and its applications; and
(3) facilitate discovery and professional development through grant giving.

They have an extensive library of published research, reivews and meta-analysis, namely in the following areas:

  • Aging

  • Biological Effects

  • Cancer

  • Clinical Disorders

  • Eating and Obesity

  • Intervention Adherence and Fidelity

  • Mental Health

  • Neuroscience

  • Pain

  • Pediatric Health

  • Substance Use and Addiction

  • Work Health

Data obtained from an ISI Web of Science search of the term “mindfulness” in academic journal article titles.

Data obtained from an ISI Web of Science search of the term “mindfulness” in academic journal article titles.

Videos about the Science of Stress, Addiction and Mindfulness

Stress Response: Savior to Killer by Robert Sapolsky, Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University

Dr. Judson Brewer discussing the Craving Mind and the impact of mindfulness

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