Benson, Herbert

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

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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

Standardised mindfulness-based interventions in healthcare: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of rcts

Gotink, R. A., Chu, P., Busschbach, J. J. V., Benson, H., Fricchione, G. L., & Hunink, M. G. M. (2015) · PLOS ONE

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications

Cited by 539

The Physiology of Meditation

Wallace, R. K., & Benson, H. (1972) · Scientific American

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPain Management and Placebo Effect

Cited by 354

The evaluation of a mind/body intervention to reduce psychological distress and perceived stress in college students

Deckro, G. R., Ballinger, K. M., Hoyt, M., Wilcher, M., Dusek, J., Myers, P., Greenberg, B., Rosenthal, D. S., & Benson, H. (2002) · Journal of American College Health

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsStudent Stress and Coping

Cited by 353

The Effects of Tai Chi on Depression, Anxiety, and Psychological Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Wang, F., Lee, E.-K. O., Wu, T., Benson, H., Fricchione, G., Wang, W., & Yeung, A. S. (2014) · International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsMartial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education

Cited by 343

Relaxation response induces temporal transcriptome changes in energy metabolism, insulin secretion and inflammatory pathways

Bhasin, M. K., Dusek, J. A., Chang, B.-H., Joseph, M. G., Denninger, J. W., Fricchione, G. L., Benson, H., & Libermann, T. A. (2013) · PLoS ONE

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsBiofield Effects and Biophysics

Cited by 304

Study of the Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer (STEP) in cardiac bypass patients: A multicenter randomized trial of uncertainty and certainty of receiving intercessory prayer

Benson, H., Dusek, J. A., Sherwood, J. B., Lam, P., Bethea, C. F., Carpenter, W., Levitsky, S., Hill, P. C., Clem, D. W., Jain, M. K., et al. (2006) · American Heart Journal

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyCardiac Health and Mental Health

Cited by 287

Reduced sympathetic nervous system responsivity associated with the relaxation response.

Hoffman, J. W., Benson, H., Arns, P. A., Stainbrook, G. L., Landsberg, L., Young, J. B., & Gill, A. (1982) · Science

Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 272

A Simple Psychophysiologic Technique Which Elicits the Hypometabolic Changes of the Relaxation Response

Beary, J. F., Benson, H., & Klemchuk, H. P. (1974) · Psychosomatic Medicine

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Cited by 255

Genomic counter-stress changes induced by the relaxation response

Dusek, J. A., Otu, H. H., Wohlhueter, A. L., Bhasin, M., Zerbini, L. F., Joseph, M. G., Benson, H., & Libermann, T. A. (2008) · PLoS ONE

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 248

Heart rate dynamics during three forms of meditation.

Peng, C.-K., Henry, I. C., Mietus, J. E., Hausdorff, J. M., Khalsa, G., Benson, H., & Goldberger, A. L. (2004) · International Journal of Cardiology

Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlMindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Cited by 247

The Relaxation Response: Psychophysiologic Aspects and Clinical Applications

Benson, H., Greenwood, M. M., & Klemchuk, H. (1975) · The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Cited by 246

The Development of a Patient-Centered Program Based on the Relaxation Response: The Relaxation Response Resiliency Program (3RP)

Park, E. R., Traeger, L., Vranceanu, A.-M., Scult, M., Lerner, J. A., Benson, H., Denninger, J., & Fricchione, G. L. (2013) · Psychosomatics

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsHealth, psychology, and well-being

Cited by 200

A study of the effectiveness of two group behavioral medicine interventions for patients with psychosomatic complaints

Hellman, C. J. C., Budd, M., Borysenko, J., McClelland, D. C., & Benson, H. (1990) · Behavioral Medicine

Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Cited by 155

Decreased blood pressure in borderline hypertensive subjects who practiced meditation

Benson, H., Rosner, B. A., Marzetta, B. R., & Klemchuk, H. P. (1974) · Journal of Chronic Diseases

Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesMindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Cited by 137

Body temperature changes during the practice of g Tum-mo yoga

Benson, H., Lehmann, J. W., Malhotra, M. S., Goldman, R. F., Hopkins, J., & Epstein, M. D. (1982) · Nature

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsBiofield Effects and Biophysics

Cited by 119

Meditation as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy

Kutz, H., Leserman, J., Dorrington, C., Morrison, C. H., Borysenko, J. Z., & Benson, H. (2010) · Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications

Cited by 85

The Relaxation Response: Therapeutic Effect

Benson, H. (1997) · Science

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPain Management and Placebo Effect

Cited by 50

Psychobiological changes from relaxation response elicitation: long-term practitioners vs. novices.

Chang, B.-H., Dusek, J. A., & Benson, H. (2011) · Psychosomatics

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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