Menu
Log in
Forgot password
Log in
Forgot password
Search

Informing mindfulness research and practice.

News


Posted Sep 2024

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are often recommended as first-line or ancillary treatments for chronic pain. However, several barriers prevent widespread access to these programs. including cost, the availability of nearby programs, and the challenge of...


Posted Sep 2024

The demand for psychiatric services far exceeds availability, and there are barriers such as cost and time to accessing services, even when they are available. Recently, various digital mental health interventions (DMHI) have been developed to help address the gap between mental health...


Posted Sep 2024

Very low birthweight is associated with physical, psychological, and social difficulties during early childhood development. In studies previously reported in our September and November 2023 issues, newborns from a large cohort of women at high risk for very low...


Welcome to AMRA!

The American Mindfulness Research Association (AMRA) was founded in 2013. The Mindfulness Research Monthly scientific bulletin has been in circulation since 2009. Our mission is to support empirical and conceptual efforts to establish an evidence base for the process, practice, and construct of mindfulness; promote best evidence-based standards for the use of mindfulness research and its applications; facilitate professional development through grant giving; and disseminate newly gained knowledge to the public.

AMRA serves as a professional resource to the sciences and humanities, practice communities, and the broader public on mindfulness from the perspective of contemplative practice.

Learn more about our valuable resources and organizational leadership.

MINDFULNESS RESEARCH MONTHLY

To increase awareness of and inform the latest advances in mindfulness research.

 Current Issues

Journal Club

Recommended Readings for our Community

Sep 2024 article references added to the AMRA library. Members have full access to the AMRA reference library spanning 1960-2024. Online article access is controlled solely by journal publishers and open access policies and is not controlled by AMRA.

  • Adachi, K., & Takizawa, R. (2024). Effects of an online mindfulness-based intervention on brain haemodynamics: A pilot randomized controlled trial using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. Cerebral Cortex.
  • Dziego, C. A., Zanesco, A. P., Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, I., Schlesewky, M., Stanley, E. A., & Jha, A. P. (2024). Mindfulness-training in high-demand cohorts alters resting-state electroencephalography: An exploratory investigation of individual alpha frequency, aperiodic 1/f activity, and microstates. Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science.
  • Hamilton, J., & Barnhofer, T. (2024). Investigating Change in the Ability to Decentre and Depressive Symptomatology over the Course of a Six-Month Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Patients with Persistent Depression. Psychiatry Research.
  • Robles, E., Blanco, I., Díez, G., & Vázquez, C. (2024). Mindfulness-based stress reduction for chronic pain: Enhancing psychological well-being without altering attentional biases towards pain faces. European Journal of Pain.

Early Career Scientist Award

Are you starting a career as a mindfulness researcher? AMRA supports promising scholars through the AMRA Early Career Scientist Award (ECSA) program. Eligible are AMRA members who are currently trainees in masters, doctoral, and postdoctoral programs or within their first two years of terminal degree and currently working at a research institute. The candidate must have one or more first author publications related to mindfulness, and show promise for future impact. Learn more about the program and previous award recipients.

Programs & Events


Contact info@goAMRA.org to place your program or event.

American Mindfulness Research Association, LLC. 
2271 Lake Avenue #6101 Altadena, CA 91001

Contact: info@AMRA.org

Terms of Use  |  © 2024 - All Rights Reserved

Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software