Lazar, Sara W.

How does mindfulness meditation work? Proposing mechanisms of action from a conceptual and neural perspective

Hölzel, B. K., Lazar, S. W., Gard, T., Schuman-Olivier, Z., Vago, D. R., & Ott, U. (2011) · Perspectives on Psychological Science

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 3,024

Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density

Hölzel, B. K., Carmody, J., Vangel, M., Congleton, C., Yerramsetti, S. M., Gard, T., & Lazar, S. W. (2011) · Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Cited by 1,914

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

Van Dijk, K. R. A., Hedden, T., Venkataraman, A., Evans, K. C., Lazar, S. W., & Buckner, R. L. (2010) · Journal of Neurophysiology

Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications

Cited by 1,844

Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness

Lazar, S. W., Kerr, C. E., Wasserman, R. H., Gray, J. R., Greve, D. N., Treadway, M. T., McGarvey, M., Quinn, B. T., Dusek, J. A., Benson, H., et al. (2005) · NeuroReport

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies

Cited by 1,698

Mind the hype: a critical evaluation and prescriptive agenda for research on mindfulness and meditation

Van Dam, N. T., van Vugt, M. K., Vago, D. R., Schmalzl, L., Saron, C. D., Olendzki, A., Meissner, T., Lazar, S. W., Kerr, C. E., Gorchov, J., et al. (2018) · Perspectives on Psychological Science

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Cited by 1,506

Contemplating Mindfulness at Work: An Integrative Review

Good, D. J., Lyddy, C. J., Glomb, T. M., Bono, J. E., Brown, K. W., Duffy, M. K., Baer, R. A., Brewer, J. A., & Lazar, S. W. (2016) · Journal of Management

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Cited by 1,043

Functional brain mapping of the relaxation response and meditation

Lazar, S. W., Bush, G., Gollub, R. L., Fricchione, G. L., Khalsa, G., & Benson, H. (2000) · NeuroReport

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPain Management and Placebo Effect

Cited by 717

Stress reduction correlates with structural changes in the amygdala

Hölzel, B. K., Carmody, J., Evans, K. C., Hoge, E. A., Dusek, J. A., Morgan, L., Pitman, R. K., & Lazar, S. W. (2010) · Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Stress Responses and CortisolMindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Cited by 603

Moving beyond mindfulness: defining equanimity as an outcome measure in meditation and contemplative research

Desbordes, G., Gard, T., Hoge, E. A., Hölzel, B. K., Kerr, C., Lazar, S. W., Olendzki, A., & Vago, D. R. (2015) · Mindfulness

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 505

Mindfulness and Behavior Change

Schuman-Olivier, Z., Trombka, M., Lovas, D. A., Brewer, J. A., Vago, D. R., Gawande, R., Dunne, J. P., Lazar, S. W., Loucks, E. B., & Fulwiler, C. (2020) · Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsBehavioral Health and Interventions

Cited by 435

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

Gard, T., Hölzel, B. K., & Lazar, S. W. (2014) · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Cited by 363

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

Hölzel, B. K., Hoge, E. A., Greve, D. N., Gard, T., Creswell, J. D., Brown, K. W., Barrett, L. F., Schwartz, C., Vaitl, D., & Lazar, S. W. (2013) · NeuroImage: Clinical

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Cited by 281

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

Gard, T., Holzel, B. K., Sack, A. T., Hempel, H., Lazar, S. W., Vaitl, D., & Ott, U. (2012) · Cerebral Cortex

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPain Management and Placebo Effect

Cited by 276

Effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on body awareness in patients with chronic pain and comorbid depression

de Jong, M., Lazar, S. W., Hug, K., Mehling, W. E., Hölzel, B. K., Sack, A. T., Peeters, F., Ashih, H., Mischoulon, D., & Gard, T. (2016) · Frontiers in Psychology

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Cited by 201

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

Gard, T., Brach, N., Hölzel, B. K., Noggle, J. J., Conboy, L. A., & Lazar, S. W. (2012) · The Journal of Positive Psychology

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 163

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

Singleton, O., Hölzel, B. K., Vangel, M., Brach, N., Carmody, J., & Lazar, S. W. (2014) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 110

Mindfulness Training Changes Brain Dynamics During Depressive Rumination: A Randomized Controlled Trial

van der Velden, A. M., Scholl, J., Elmholdt, E.-M., Fjorback, L. O., Harmer, C. J., Lazar, S. W., O’Toole, M. S., Smallwood, J., Roepstorff, A., & Kuyken, W. (2023) · Biological Psychiatry

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Cited by 83

Common and Dissociable Neural Activity After Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Relaxation Response Programs

Sevinc, G., Hölzel, B. K., Hashmi, J., Greenberg, J., McCallister, A., Treadway, M., Schneider, M. L., Dusek, J. A., Carmody, J., & Lazar, S. W. (2018) · Psychosomatic Medicine

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Cited by 67

Nonattachment Predicts Empathy, Rejection Sensitivity, and Symptom Reduction After a Mindfulness-Based Intervention Among Young Adults with a History of Childhood Maltreatment

Joss, D., Lazar, S. W., & Teicher, M. H. (2020) · Mindfulness

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications

Cited by 66

Effects of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Self-Compassion and Psychological Health Among Young Adults With a History of Childhood Maltreatment

Joss, D., Khan, A., Lazar, S. W., & Teicher, M. H. (2019) · Frontiers in Psychology

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsChild Abuse and Trauma

Cited by 65

The Neurobiology of Mindfulness

Treadway, M. T., & Lazar, S. W. (2009) · Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Cited by 64

How does mindfulness training improve moral cognition: a theoretical and experimental framework for the study of embodied ethics

Sevinc, G., & Lazar, S. W. (2019) · Current Opinion in Psychology

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Cited by 49

A randomized controlled pilot study on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for unipolar depression in patients with chronic pain

de Jong, M., Peeters, F., Gard, T., Ashih, H., Doorley, J., Walker, R., Rhoades, L., Kulich, R. J., Kueppenbender, K. D., Alpert, J. E., et al. (2018) · The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

Cited by 39

Is less more? A randomized comparison of home practice time in a mind-body program

Greenberg, J., Braun, T. D., Schneider, M. L., Finkelstein-Fox, L., Conboy, L. A., Schifano, E. D., Park, C., & Lazar, S. W. (2018) · Behaviour Research and Therapy

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications

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