By testing and refining a personalized version of the Healthy Minds Program and app, Richard J. Davidson at UWMadison’s Center for Healthy Minds will explore if personalized training is more engaging and effective than standard one-size-fits-all training.
Plainsong chanting, tai chi, and a community-based arts-related Christian practice will be evaluated for how they each deliver wellbeing benefits via various causal pathways identified through Interacting Cognitive Subsystems theory.
Hans Ijzerman and team at Annecy Behavioral Science Lab aim to create the first Global Index of Social Connection, with a focus on including the Global South. The Index will provide a universal method for understanding social needs fulfillment and serve as a tool to facilitate global comparisons.