Richard Davidson ( born Richard December 12, 1951 ) is an American neuroscientist , psychologist , professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin in Madison .
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| Date of Birth | December 12, 1951 (67 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Brooklyn new york |
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| Scientific field | neurobiology , psychology |
| Place of work | University of Wisconsin Madison |
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| Awards and prizes | [d] ( 1997 ) [d] ( 2000 ) |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Research
- 3 Popularization of science
- 4 Prizes and awards
- 5 Major works
- 6 notes
- 7 References
Biography
Born in Brooklyn in 1951 . He received a bachelor's degree (BA) at New York University ( 1968 - 1972 ) and a Ph.D. in psychology at Harvard University (1972 - 1976 ) [4] [5] . After defending his dissertation, he receives a teaching position at New York University . For eight years, he has been studying the relationship between patterns of brain activity and mood. From 1984 to the present, he has been working at the University of Wisconsin in Madison , at the Department of Medicine and at the Department of Psychology [6] . In 2003, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2004 to the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Literature [4] .
Research
Davidson studies the relationship between brain activity and emotions [6] .
Popularization of science
Davidson is known as a researcher of meditation from the point of view of science and a popularizer of meditation as a healing practice; he compares the health benefits of meditation with the benefits of exercise [7] [8] [9] . In 2012, Sharon Bigley, a science journalist, wrote The Emotional Life of Your Brain: How Its Unique Patterns Affect the Way You Think, Feel, and Live - and How You Can Change Them brain ”) [10] .
Prizes and Awards
In 2000, he received from the APA the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award for “the work of a lifetime” [6] [11] (more precisely, “for his contribution to science, which he made over the course of 30 years helping to understand what role those brain structures play who are responsible for the initiation and regulation of emotions ” [12] ). In 2006, Davidson entered the list of 100 most influential people according to Time magazine [13] .
Major works
Journal articles:
| 1979 | Weinberger DA, Schwartz GE, Davidson RJ Low-anxious, high-anxious, and repressive coping styles: psychometric patterns and behavioral and physiological responses to stress // Journal of abnormal psychology. - T. 88 , no. 4 . - S. 369 . |
| 1990 | Davidson RJ et al. Approach-withdrawal and cerebral asymmetry: Emotional expression and brain physiology: I // Journal of personality and social psychology. - T. 58 , no. 2 . - S. 330 . |
| 1992 | Davidson RJ Anterior cerebral asymmetry and the nature of emotion // Brain and cognition. - T. 20 , no. 1 . - S. 125-151 . |
| 1997 | Sutton SK, Davidson RJ Prefrontal brain asymmetry: A biological substrate of the behavioral approach and inhibition systems // Psychological Science. - T. 8 , no. 3 . - S. 204-210 . |
| 1998 | Davidson RJ Affective style and affective disorders: Perspectives from affective neuroscience // Cognition & Emotion. - T. 12 , no. 3 . - S. 307-330 . |
| 1999 | Davidson RJ, Irwin W. The functional neuroanatomy of emotion and affective style // Trends in cognitive sciences. - T. 3 , no. 1 . - S. 11-21 . |
| 2000 | Davidson RJ, Putnam KM, Larson CL Dysfunction in the neural circuitry of emotion regulation - a possible prelude to violence // Science. - T. 289 , no. 5479 . - S. 591-594 . |
| 2000 | Davidson RJ, Jackson DC, Kalin NH Emotion, plasticity, context, and regulation: perspectives from affective neuroscience // Psychological bulletin. - T. 126 , no. 6 . - S. 890 . |
| 2002 | Davidson RJ et al. Depression: perspectives from affective neuroscience // Annual review of psychology. - T. 53 , no. 1 . - S. 545-574 . |
| 2003 | Davidson RJ et al. Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation // Psychosomatic medicine. - T. 65 , no. 4 . - S. 564-570 . |
Books:
| 1994 | Together with Ekman PE). The nature of emotion: Fundamental questions. - Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
| 1995 | (Jointly with Hugdahl, Kenneth). Brain asymmetry. - Cambridge: MIT Press. |
In Russian:
| 2012 | Together with Sharon Begley. How emotions control the brain. - SPb. : Peter. - 256 s. - ISBN 978-5-459-01542-3 . |
| 2017 | Together with Daniel Goleman. Changed character traits. How meditation changes your mind, brain and body. - M .: Mann, Ivanov and Ferber. - 336 p. - ISBN 978-5-00117-227-7 . |
| 2017 | Together with Sharon Begley. The emotional life of the brain. - SPb. : Peter. - 256 s. - ISBN 978-5-44610-515-1 . |
Notes
- ↑ Record # 34548039 // VIAF - 2012.
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1025157362 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .
- ↑ 1 2 Davidson Biography on Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
- ↑ [[CV]] Richard Davidson (unavailable link) . Date of treatment November 3, 2015. Archived on October 30, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Biography from Current Biography
- ↑ Health: Mental exercise like meditation can literally change our minds (Vancouver Sun)
- ↑ And breathe ... Goldie Hawn and a monk bring meditation to Davos (The Guardian)
- ↑ Richard Davidson: “By changing neural connections, we can control our emotions” (Psychologies.com)
- ↑ Book at Calgary Public Library
- ↑ APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions
- ↑ Davidson RJ Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions Affective Style, Psychopathology, and Resilience: Brain Mechanisms and Plasticity // American Psychologist. - 2000. - T. 55. - No. 11. - S. 1193-1213.
- ↑ Davidson article on Time magazine website
Links
- Richard Davidson at the University of Wisconsin Madison website
- Richard Davidson Website