Richard J. Davidson

122.0k total citations · 47 hit papers
703 papers, 84.6k citations indexed

About

Richard J. Davidson is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard J. Davidson has authored 703 papers receiving a total of 84.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 323 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 185 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 163 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Richard J. Davidson's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (129 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (114 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (99 papers). Richard J. Davidson is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (129 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (114 papers) and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (99 papers). Richard J. Davidson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Richard J. Davidson's co-authors include Ned H. Kalin, Antoine Lutz, Jeffrey B. Henriques, Paul Ekman, Gary E. Schwartz, Tom Johnstone, Heleen A. Slagter, Nathan A. Fox, Christine L. Larson and Andrew J. Tomarken and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Richard J. Davidson

689 papers receiving 80.2k citations

Hit Papers

The nature of emotion: Fundamental questions. 1976 2026 1992 2009 1994 2003 2008 2011 2004 500 1000 1.5k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The nature of emotion: Fundamental questions.
    1994 1.9k citations Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  2. Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation
    2003 1.7k citations Richard J. Davidson, Melissa A. Rosenkranz et al. profile →
  3. Attention regulation and monitoring in meditation
    2008 1.7k citations Antoine Lutz, Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  4. The integration of negative affect, pain and cognitive control in the cingulate cortex
    2011 1.5k citations Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  5. Placebo-Induced Changes in fMRI in the Anticipation and Experience of Pain
    2004 1.4k citations Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  6. Dysfunction in the Neural Circuitry of Emotion Regulation--A Possible Prelude to Violence
    2000 1.4k citations Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  7. Approach-withdrawal and cerebral asymmetry: Emotional expression and brain physiology: I.
    1990 1.2k citations Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  8. The functional neuroanatomy of emotion and affective style
    1999 1.2k citations Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  9. Gaze fixation and the neural circuitry of face processing in autism
    2005 1.1k citations Tom Johnstone, H. Hill Goldsmith et al. profile →
  10. Affective Style and Affective Disorders: Perspectives from Affective Neuroscience
    1998 1.1k citations Richard J. Davidson profile →
  11. Anterior cerebral asymmetry and the nature of emotion
    1992 1.0k citations Richard J. Davidson profile →
  12. Prefrontal Brain Asymmetry: A Biological Substrate of the Behavioral Approach and Inhibition Systems
    1997 934 citations Richard J. Davidson et al. Psychological Science profile →
  13. Emotion, plasticity, context, and regulation: Perspectives from affective neuroscience.
    2000 920 citations Richard J. Davidson, Ned H. Kalin et al. profile →
  14. Depression: Perspectives from Affective Neuroscience
    2002 896 citations Richard J. Davidson, Jack B. Nitschke et al. profile →
  15. The Duchenne smile: Emotional expression and brain physiology: II.
    1990 888 citations Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  16. Failure to Regulate: Counterproductive Recruitment of Top-Down Prefrontal-Subcortical Circuitry in Major Depression
    2007 844 citations Tom Johnstone, Carien M. van Reekum et al. profile →
  17. Low-anxious, high-anxious, and repressive coping styles: Psychometric patterns and behavioral and physiological responses to stress.
    1979 841 citations Gary E. Schwartz, Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  18. Amygdala and Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Are Inversely Coupled during Regulation of Negative Affect and Predict the Diurnal Pattern of Cortisol Secretion among Older Adults
    2006 828 citations Heather L. Urry, Carien M. van Reekum et al. profile →
  19. Anxiety and affective style: role of prefrontal cortex and amygdala
    2002 827 citations Richard J. Davidson profile →
  20. Consciousness and self-regulation : advances in research and theory
    1976 778 citations Gary E. Schwartz, Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  21. Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice
    2004 776 citations Antoine Lutz, Richard J. Davidson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  22. Lending a Hand
    2006 753 citations Richard J. Davidson et al. Psychological Science profile →
  23. What does the prefrontal cortex “do” in affect: perspectives on frontal EEG asymmetry research
    2004 715 citations Richard J. Davidson profile →
  24. Mindfulness-based interventions for psychiatric disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    2017 681 citations Simon B. Goldberg, Raymond P. Tucker et al. profile →
  25. Neuroanatomical correlates of pleasant and unpleasant emotion
    1997 678 citations Richard D. Lane, Eric M. Reiman et al. profile →
  26. Neural correlates of attentional expertise in long-term meditation practitioners
    2007 675 citations Antoine Lutz, Richard J. Davidson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  27. Left frontal hypoactivation in depression.
    1991 632 citations Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  28. Neuroanatomical correlates of externally and internally generated human emotion
    1997 612 citations Eric M. Reiman, Richard D. Lane et al. American Journal of Psychiatry profile →
  29. Regulation of the Neural Circuitry of Emotion by Compassion Meditation: Effects of Meditative Expertise
    2008 609 citations Antoine Lutz, Tom Johnstone et al. profile →
  30. Neuroanatomical correlates of happiness, sadness, and disgust
    1997 607 citations Richard D. Lane, Eric M. Reiman et al. American Journal of Psychiatry profile →
  31. Left frontal hypoactivation in depression.
    1991 574 citations Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  32. Social influences on neuroplasticity: stress and interventions to promote well-being
    2012 561 citations Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  33. Cerebral asymmetry, emotion, and affective style.
    1995 554 citations Richard J. Davidson profile →
  34. Guidelines for the recording and quantitative analysis of electroencephalographic activity in research contexts
    1993 553 citations Richard J. Davidson et al. Psychophysiology profile →
  35. Emotion and Affective Style: Hemispheric Substrates
    1992 537 citations Richard J. Davidson Psychological Science profile →
  36. Affective style, psychopathology, and resilience: Brain mechanisms and plasticity.
    2000 524 citations Richard J. Davidson profile →
  37. Mental Training Affects Distribution of Limited Brain Resources
    2007 523 citations Antoine Lutz, Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  38. Reconstructing and deconstructing the self: cognitive mechanisms in meditation practice
    2015 507 citations Cortland J. Dahl, Antoine Lutz et al. profile →
  39. Conceptual and methodological issues in research on mindfulness and meditation.
    2015 506 citations Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  40. Behavioral Problems After Early Life Stress: Contributions of the Hippocampus and Amygdala
    2014 471 citations Stacey M. Schaefer, Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →
  41. Mindfulness for Teachers: A Pilot Study to Assess Effects on Stress, Burnout, and Teaching Efficacy
    2013 441 citations Lisa Flook, Simon B. Goldberg et al. profile →
  42. Consciousness and Self-Regulation
    1986 432 citations Richard J. Davidson, Gary E. Schwartz et al. profile →
  43. Compassion Training Alters Altruism and Neural Responses to Suffering
    2013 394 citations Helen Y. Weng, Richard J. Davidson et al. Psychological Science profile →
  44. Promoting prosocial behavior and self-regulatory skills in preschool children through a mindfulness-based kindness curriculum.
    2014 352 citations Lisa Flook, Simon B. Goldberg et al. profile →
  45. The Empirical Status of Mindfulness-Based Interventions: A Systematic Review of 44 Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials
    2021 261 citations Simon B. Goldberg, Kevin M. Riordan et al. profile →
  46. Mindfulness Meditation and Psychopathology
    2018 252 citations Joseph Wielgosz, Simon B. Goldberg et al. profile →
  47. Emotional Well-Being: What It Is and Why It Matters
    2022 112 citations Richard J. Davidson et al. profile →

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Richard J. Davidson
Comparison fields: 5 of 228
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 42.7k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 26.0k
  • Clinical Psychology 25.9k
  • Social Psychology 18.6k
  • Psychiatry and Mental health 8.9k
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20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Mindfulness training enhances students’ executive functioning and social emotional skills
2024 ·Applied Developmental Science ·Lisa Flook, Matthew J. Hirshberg, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Daniel M. Bolt, Richard J. Davidson
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Automated motion artifact detection in early pediatric diffusion MRI using a convolutional neural network
2023 ·Imaging Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Richard J. Davidson, Elizabeth M. Planalp, Douglas Dean
0
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Slower respiration rate is associated with higher self-reported well-being after wellness training
2023 ·Scientific Reports ·Tammi R. A. Kral, Helen Y. Weng, Vikramjit Mitra, (unknown), Erdrin Azemi, Robin I. Goldman, Melissa A. Rosenkranz, Sarah Wu, Andrew Chen, Richard J. Davidson
9
4
Examining equity in access and utilization of a freely available meditation app
2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), (unknown), Cortland J. Dahl, Christine D. Wilson‐Mendenhall, Matthew J. Hirshberg, Richard J. Davidson, Simon B. Goldberg
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Incidental Findings from 16,400 Brain MRI Examinations of Research Volunteers
2023 ·American Journal of Neuroradiology ·Paul Rowley, (unknown), Laura Eisenmenger, Aaron S. Field, Richard J. Davidson, Sterling C. Johnson, Sanjay Asthana, Nathaniel A. Chin, Vivek Prabhakaran, Barbara B. Bendlin, Bradley R. Postle, H. Hill Goldsmith, Cynthia M. Carlsson, (unknown), Ned H. Kalin, Lisa E. Williams, Howard A. Rowley
4
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Periodic and aperiodic contributions to theta‐beta ratios across adulthood
2022 ·Psychophysiology ·Anna J Finley, Douglas J. Angus, Carien M. van Reekum, Richard J. Davidson, Stacey M. Schaefer
26
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Absence of structural brain changes from mindfulness-based stress reduction: Two combined randomized controlled trials
2022 ·Science Advances ·Tammi R. A. Kral, (unknown), Cole Korponay, Matthew J. Hirshberg, (unknown), (unknown), Robin I. Goldman, Melissa A. Rosenkranz, Antoine Lutz, Richard J. Davidson
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Long-term Meditation Training Is Associated with Enhanced Subjective Attention and Stronger Posterior Cingulate–Rostrolateral Prefrontal Cortex Resting Connectivity
2022 ·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience ·Tammi R. A. Kral, Regina C. Lapate, (unknown), Elena G. Patsenko, Daniel W. Grupe, Robin I. Goldman, Melissa A. Rosenkranz, Richard J. Davidson
13
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A randomized controlled trial of a smartphone-based well-being training in public school system employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 ·Journal of Educational Psychology ·Matthew J. Hirshberg, Corrina Frye, Cortland J. Dahl, Kevin M. Riordan, (unknown), (unknown), Robin I. Goldman, Richard J. Davidson, Simon B. Goldberg
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Individual variation in white matter microstructure is related to better recovery from negative stimuli.
2021 ·Emotion ·Walker S. Pedersen, Douglas Dean, Nagesh Adluru, (unknown), (unknown), Michael Kelly, Jeanette A. Mumford, Richard J. Davidson, Stacey M. Schaefer
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Testing the Efficacy of a Multicomponent, Self-Guided, Smartphone-Based Meditation App: Three-Armed Randomized Controlled Trial
2020 ·JMIR Mental Health ·Simon B. Goldberg, (unknown), Daniel M. Bolt, Christine D. Wilson‐Mendenhall, Cortland J. Dahl, Richard J. Davidson, Melissa A. Rosenkranz
57
12
The plasticity of well-being: A training-based framework for the cultivation of human flourishing
2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Cortland J. Dahl, Christine D. Wilson‐Mendenhall, Richard J. Davidson
100
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Individual Differences in the Association Between Subjective Stress and Heart Rate Are Related to Psychological and Physical Well-Being
2019 ·Psychological Science ·(unknown), Stacey M. Schaefer, Markus Bräuer, Carol D. Ryff, Richard J. Davidson
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14
A common neural substrate for elevated PTSD symptoms and reduced pulse rate variability in combat‐exposed veterans
2019 ·Psychophysiology ·Daniel W. Grupe, (unknown), Joseph Wielgosz, Jack B. Nitschke, Richard J. Davidson
10
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Mindfulness-based interventions for psychiatric disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2019 ·Simon B. Goldberg, Raymond P. Tucker, Preston A. Greene, Richard J. Davidson, Bruce E. Wampold, David J. Kearney, David Kearney, Tracy L. Simpson
9
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Does the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire measure what we think it does? Construct validity evidence from an active controlled randomized clinical trial.
2015 ·Psychological Assessment ·Simon B. Goldberg, Joseph Wielgosz, Cortland J. Dahl, Brianna S. Schuyler, (unknown), Melissa A. Rosenkranz, Antoine Lutz, (unknown), Richard J. Davidson
126
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Sustained Striatal Activity Predicts Eudaimonic Well-Being and Cortisol Output
2013 ·Psychological Science ·Aaron S. Heller, Carien M. van Reekum, Stacey M. Schaefer, Regina C. Lapate, Barry Radler, Carol D. Ryff, Richard J. Davidson
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Neural circuitry underlying the interaction between emotion and asthma symptom exacerbation
2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Melissa A. Rosenkranz, William W. Busse, Tom Johnstone, Cheri A. Swenson, Gina Crisafi, (unknown), Jos A. Bosch, John F. Sheridan, Richard J. Davidson
181
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Social relationships, sleep quality, and interleukin-6 in aging women
2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Elliot Friedman, Mary S. Hayney, Gayle D. Love, Heather L. Urry, Melissa A. Rosenkranz, Richard J. Davidson, Burton H. Singer, Carol D. Ryff
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Neuroanatomical correlates of externally and internally generated human emotion breakdown →
1997 ·American Journal of Psychiatry ·Eric M. Reiman, Richard D. Lane, Geoffrey L. Ahern, Gary E. Schwartz, Richard J. Davidson, Karl Friston, Lang Sheng Yun, Kewei Chen
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