Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications from the Shamatha Project

• Lutz, A, Jha, AP, Dunne, JD, & Saron, CD (In Press) (2015). Investigating the Phenomenological and Neurocognitive Matrix of Mindfulness-related Practices. American Psychologist.
• Saggar, M, Zanesco, AP, King, BK, Bridwell, DA, MacLean, KA, Aichele, SA, Jacobs, TL, Saron, CD, and Miikkulainen, R (2015). Mean-field thalamocortical modeling of longitudinal EEG acquired during intensive meditation training. Neuroimage, 114:88-104.
• Rosenberg, EL, Zanesco, AP, King, BG, Aichele, SR, Jacobs, TL, Bridwell, DA, MacLean, KA, Shaver, PR, Ferrer, E, Sahdra, BK, Lavy, S, Wallace, BA, and Saron, CD (2015). Intensive Meditation Training Influences Emotional Responses to Suffering. Emotion. Online First Publication, May 4, 2015.
• MacCoon, D, MacLean, K, Davidson, R, Saron, C, and Lutz, A (2014). No sustained attention differences in a longitudinal randomized trial comparing mindfulness based stress reduction versus active control. PLoS One, 9(6):e97551.
• Jacobs, TL, Shaver, PR, Epel, ES, Zanesco, AP, Aichele, SR, Bridwell, DA, Rosenberg, EL, King, BG, Maclean, KA, Sahdra, BK, Kemeny, ME, Ferrer, E, Wallace, BA, and Saron, CD (2013). Self-reported mindfulness and cortisol during a Shamatha meditation retreat. Health Psychol, 32(10):1104-9.
• Zanesco, AP, King, BG, Maclean, KA, and Saron, CD (2013). Executive control and felt concentrative engagement following intensive meditation training. Front Hum Neurosci, 7:566.
• Saggar, M, King, BG, Zanesco, AP, Maclean, KA, Aichele, SR, Jacobs, TL, Bridwell, DA, Shaver, PR, Rosenberg, EL, Sahdra, BK, Ferrer, E, Tang, AC, Mangun, GR, Wallace, BA, Miikkulainen, R, and Saron, CD (2012). Intensive training induces longitudinal changes in meditation state-related EEG oscillatory activity. Front Hum Neurosci, 6:256.
• Jacobs, TL, Epel, ES, Lin, J, Blackburn, EH, Wolkowitz, OM, Bridwell, DA, Zanescmaclean_et_al._2010_psychol_sci.pdfo, AP, Aichele, SR, Sahdra, BK, MacLean, KA, King, BG, Shaver, PR, Rosenberg, EL, Ferrer, E, Wallace, BA, and Saron, CD (2011). Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36(5):664-81.
• Sahdra, BK, MacLean, KA, Ferrer, E, Shaver, PR, Rosenberg, EL, Jacobs, TL, Zanesco, AP, King, BG, Aichele, SR, Bridwell, DA, Mangun, GR, Lavy, S, Wallace, BA, and Saron, CD (2011). Enhanced response inhibition during intensive meditation training predicts improvements in self-reported adaptive socioemotional functioning. Emotion, 11(2):299-312.
• MacLean, KA, Ferrer, E, Aichele, SR, Bridwell, DA, Zanesco, AP, Jacobs, TL, King, BG, Rosenberg, EL, Sahdra, BK, Shaver, PR, Wallace, BA, Mangun, GR, and Saron, CD (2010). Intensive meditation training improves perceptual discrimination and sustained attention. Psychol Sci, 21(6):829-39.