Evidence Library
Research & Sources
Every claim on this site is grounded in peer-reviewed science. 59 sources across 20 articles.
日本語版 →- Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 2011
- Stress reduction correlates with structural changes in the amygdala, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2010
- The default network and self-generated thought, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2011
Four Things Music Does to Your Brain 3 sources
- Anatomically distinct dopamine release during anticipation and experience of peak emotion to music, Nature Neuroscience, 2011
- The neural architecture of music-evoked autobiographical memories, Cerebral Cortex, 2015
- Neural entrainment and the temporal dynamics of auditory cognition, Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
How Gratitude Rewires the Brain 3 sources
- Neural correlates of gratitude, Frontiers in Psychology, 2015
- Gratitude intervention for depression and anxiety, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2016
- Counting blessings versus burdens: an experimental investigation of gratitude and subjective well-being, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003
- Does rejection hurt? An fMRI study of social exclusion, Science, 2003
- Loneliness as a specific risk factor for depressive symptoms: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, Psychology and Aging, 2006
- Loneliness and social isolation as risk factors for mortality: a meta-analytic review, Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2015
The Law of Attraction Is Half-Right 3 sources
- A theory of cortical responses, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2005
- When positive thinking doesn't work: mental contrasting outperforms positive fantasizing, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2011
- The reticular activating system, neuronal mechanisms and behavioral functions, Progress in Neurobiology, 1991
- Temporal discounting and reward prediction error, Neuron, 2007
- Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation: consequences for future self, Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2013
- Implementation intentions and goal achievement: a meta-analysis, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 2006
Post-Holiday Blues Is a Dopamine Story 3 sources
- Dysregulation of the dopamine system in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and depression, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2016
- Beyond the hedonic treadmill: revising the adaptation theory of well-being, American Psychologist, 2006
- Liking, wanting, and the incentive-sensitization theory of addiction, American Psychologist, 2016
- Dopamine reward prediction-error signaling: a two-component response, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2016
- Liking, wanting, and the incentive-sensitization theory of addiction, American Psychologist, 2016
- The Lotus Sutra, translated by Burton Watson, Columbia University Press, 1993
- Emotion suppression and mortality risk over a 12-year follow-up, Chapman et al., Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2013
Why You Can't Put Down Your Phone 3 sources
Why Vacation Doesn't Restore Your Brain 3 sources
- Glucocorticoids and allostatic load, Sapolsky et al., Endocrine Reviews, 2000
- The brain's default network: anatomy, function, and relevance to disease, Buckner et al., Ann NY Acad Sci, 2008
- Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity, Brewer et al., PNAS, 2011
ADHD Is Not a Broken Brain 4 sources
- Dopamine D2 receptor availability in ADHD, Volkow et al., JAMA, 2009
- Mindfulness training for ADHD adults, Zylowska et al., Journal of Attention Disorders, 2008
- Multiple dopamine functions at different time courses, Schultz, Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2007
- Cortical maturation delay in ADHD, Shaw et al., PNAS, 2007
What Zen Knew Before Neuroscience 3 sources
- Human physiological responses to immersion into water of different temperatures, Šrámek et al., European Journal of Applied Physiology, 2000
- Heart rate variability, neurological health, and cognition, Arakaki et al., Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
- Intermittent metabolic switching, neuroplasticity and brain health, Mattson et al., Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018
Sources are listed as cited in each article. Where possible, direct links to abstracts or full texts are provided. All studies were published in peer-reviewed journals unless otherwise noted.