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Posted Aug 2024

Most cigarette smokers want to quit, but only 7% succeed in any given year. While smoking cessation interventions can be helpful for some, most people attempt to quit without professional assistance. The widespread use of smartphones and the growing popularity of wearable...


Posted 2024

Alcohol misuse is a significant contributor to poor mental and physical health in people under age 50 worldwide. Existing interventions for alcohol misuse suffer from high attrition and relapse, prompting the search for more effective treatments...


Posted 2024

Children born very prematurely, defined as under 32 weeks gestational age, are at a greater risk for developing a wide spectrum of disorders including ADHD, autistic spectrum, and anxiety disorders. Functional connectivity is a...


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

Aug 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.

  • Benavides-Gil, G., Martínez-Zaragoza, F., Fernández-Castro, J., Sánchez-Pérez, A., & García-Sierra, R. (2024). Mindfulness-based interventions for improving mental health of frontline healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review. Systematic Reviews.
  • Fedeli, D., Ciullo, G., Demichelis, G., Medina Carrion, J. P., Bruzzone, M. G., Ciusani, E., Erbetta, A., Ferraro, S., Grisoli, M., Guastafierro, E., D’Amico, D., Raggi, A., Nigri, A., & Grazzi, L. (2024). Longitudinal neurofunctional changes in medication overuse headache patients after mindfulness practice in a randomized controlled trial (the MIND-CM study). The Journal of Headache and Pain.
  • Felder, J. N., Mirchandaney, R., Manber, R., Cuneo, J., Krystal, A., Solomon, N., Janette, S., Zhang, L., Moran, P., Mashash, M., Epel, E., & Hecht, F. M. (2024). Feasibility and Acceptability of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction and Prenatal Sleep Classes for Poor Prenatal Sleep Quality: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Behavioral Sleep Medicine.
  • Lin, Y., White, M. L., Wu, D., Viravan, N., & Braver, T. S. (2024). Distinct mindfulness states produce dissociable effects on neural markers of emotion processing: Evidence from the late positive potential. Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science.

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.

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