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News: Well-Being In Children

Mother and Center staff with infant for Baby Brain and Behavior Project
Neuroscience
Mother-Infant Study Searches for Insight Into Early Development
May 29, 2015

Center scientists examine how brain develops in first two years of life

Photo of the Education Building at UW-Madison by Jeff Miller via University Communications at UW-Madison
Philanthropy
Kellner Gift to Bolster Synergy Between School of Education, Center for Healthy Minds
March 23, 2015

A generous gift will enable the Center for Healthy Minds and UW–Madison School of Education to study child development and well-being

Young kids participate in mindful movement as part of Kindness Curriculum
Well-Being in Children
‘Kindness Curriculum’ Boosts School Success in Preschoolers
January 23, 2015

Over the course of 12 weeks, twice a week, prekindergarten students learned their ABCs - attention, breath and body and caring practice

Photo of child's eye by David Gabriel Fischer via Flickr
Well-Being in Children
Center for Healthy Minds and Madison Schools Team Up to Train Mindfulness Muscles
July 1, 2014

The Center received a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, in partnership with the Madison Metropolitan School District, to study well-being and mindfulness-based skills in the classroom

Brain-WEB
Well-Being in Children
Early Life Stress can Leave Lasting Impacts on the Brain
June 27, 2014

Scientists at the Center are exploring how stressors like poverty, neglect and physical abuse experienced in early life may alter critical areas of the brain later in life

Photo of child playing a video game by Chapendra from Flickr
Well-Being in Children
Local Middle School Students Invited To Participate in Research Study Involving Video Games
September 30, 2013

Can we teach positive qualities of mind through video games?