Journal Papers

Bridwell, D.A., Srinivasan, R. (accepted) Distinct attention networks for feature enhancement and suppression in vision. Psychological Science

Jacobs, T.L., Epel, E.S., Lin, J., Blackburn, E.H., Wolkowitz, O.M., Bridwell, D.A., Zanesco, A.P., Aichele, S.R., Sahdra, B.K., MacLean, K.A., King, B.G., Shaver, P.R., Rosenberg, E.L., Ferrer, E., Wallace, B.A., Saron, C.D. (2011) Intensive meditation training, immune cell telomerase activity, and psychological mediators. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36(5):664-81. [UCD press release]

Sahdra, B.K., MacLean, K.A., Ferrer, E., Shaver, P.R., Rosenberg, E.L., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, A.P., King, B.G., Aichele, S.R., Bridwell, D.A., Mangun, G.R., Lavy, S., Wallace, B.A., Saron, C.D. (2011) Enhanced response inhibition during intensive meditation training predicts improvements in self-reported adaptive socioemotional functioning. Emotion, 11(2), 299-312.

MacLean, K.A., Ferrer, E., Aichele, S.R., Bridwell, D.A., Zanesco, A.P., Jacobs, T.L., King, B.G., Rosenberg, E.L., Sahdra, B.K., Shaver, P.R., Wallace,B.A., Mangun, G.R., Saron, C.D., (2010) Intensive meditation training leads to improvements in perceptual discrimination and sustained attention. Psychological Science, 21(6):829-839. [UCD press release]

MacLean, K.A., Aichele, S.R., Bridwell, D.A., Mangun, G.R., Wojciulik, E., Saron, C.D., (2009). Interactions between endogenous and exogenous attention during vigilance. Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, 71(5):1042-1058.

Suzuki, S., Brown, C.M, Dela Cruz, C.D., Yang E., Bridwell, D.A., Wise, P.M. (2007) Timing of estrogen therapy after ovariectomy dictates the efficacy of its neuroprotective and antiinflammatory actions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(14):6013-8.

Conference Abstracts

Bridwell, D.A., Garcia, J.O., Hecker, E.A., Serences, J.T., Srinivasan, R. (2011) Attention shapes large-scale cortical networks in a frequency specific manner. Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C. [talk]

Saggar, M., MacLean, K.A., Sahdra, B.K., Aichele, S., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, A.P., Bridwell, D.A., King, B.G., Rosenberg, E.L., Mangun, G.R., Shaver, P.R., Ferrer, E., Wallace, B.A., Saron, C.D., Miikkulainen, R. (2011) A computational model to understand longitudinal changes in EEG associated with intensive meditation training. Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C.

Bridwell, D.A., Hecker, E.A., Lee, M.D., Serences, J.T., Srinivasan, R. (2011) Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling of Individual Differences in attention strategies. Poster presented at UCLA Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) Probabilistic Models of Cognition Summer school.

MacLean, K.A., Zanesco, A.P., King, B.G., Aichele, S.R., Jacobs, T.L., Bridwell, D.A., Sahdra, B.K., Ferrer, E., Rosenberg, E.L., Shaver, P.R., Wallace, B.A., Mangun, G.R., Saron, C.D. (2011) Intensive meditation training improves visual perception. Association for Psychological Science, Washington D.C. [talk]

Jacobs, T.L., Epel, E.S., Zanesco, A.P., Aichele, S.R., Bridwell, D.A. , King, B.G., MacLean, K.A., Shaver, P.R., Rosenberg, E.L., Sahdra, B.K., Ferrer, E., Kemeny, M.M., Wallace, B.A., Saron, C.D. (2011) Mindfulness reduces cortisol reactivity to separation-related sadness and attenuates day-to-day variability of the cortisol awakening response. Society of Biological Psychiatry, San Francisco, Ca.

Bridwell, D.A., Hecker, E., Srinivasan, R. (2011) Different attention strategies are reflected by modulations in the feature tuned flicker response. Vision Science Society, Naples, Fl. [talk]

Saggar, M., MacLean, K.A., Aichele, S.R., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, A.P., Bridwell, D.A., King, B.G., Sahdra, B.K., Rosenberg, E.L., Shaver, P.R., Ferrer, E., Wallace, B.A., Mangun, G.R., Miikkulainen, R., Saron, C.D. (2011) Cortical activation changes associated with intensive meditation training are related to vigilance performance. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, Ca.

King, B.G., Zanesco, A.P., Rosenberg, E.L., Bridwell, D.A., Jacobs, T.L., Aichele, S.R., MacLean, K.A., Shaver, P.R., Sahdra, B.K., Ferrer, E., Wallace, A., Saron, C.D. (2011) Differential responses to images of threat and human suffering after intensive meditation training. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, Ca.

Bridwell, D.A., Hecker, E., Srinivasan, R. (2011) Differences in attentional strategies during Detection, Fine Discrimination, and Coarse Discrimination. Southern California Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting, Irvine, Ca.

Saron, C.D., Sahdra, B.K., MacLean, K.A., Jacobs, T.L., Ferrer, E., Epel, E.S., Shaver, P.R., Lin, J., Aichele, S.R., Bridwell, D.A., Zanesco, A.P., King, B.G. (2011) Intensive meditation training enhances response inhibition, adaptive socio-emptional functioning, and markers of cellular aging. Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, Tx. [talk]

Rosenberg, E.L., Zanesco, A.P., King, B.G., Aichele, S.R., Jacobs, T.L., MacLean, K.A., Bridwell, D.A., Sahdra, B.K., Ferrer, E., Shaver, P.R., Wallace, B.A., Saron, C.D. (2011) Intensive meditation training influences emotional responses to scenes of human suffering. Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, Tx. [talk]

Bridwell, D.A., Srinivasan, R. (2010) Cortical responses to an unattended flicker reflect modulations in attention within and across tasks. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, Ca.

Garcia, J.O., Hecker, E.A., Bridwell, D.A., Srinivasan, R. (2010) Temporal frequency tuning in non-retinotopic cortex. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, Ca. [talk]

Sahdra, B.K., MacLean, K.A., Ferrer, E., Shaver, P.R., Rosenberg, E.L., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, A.P., King B.G., Aichele, S.R., Bridwell, D.A., Mangun, G.R., Lavy, S., Wallace, A., Saron, C.D. (2010) Response inhibition enhanced by meditation training predicts improved adaptive functioning. American Psychological Association, San Diego, Ca.

Saggar, M., Aichele, S.R., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, A.P., Bridwell, D.A., MacLean K.A., King, B.G., Sahdra, B.K., Rosenberg, E.L., Shaver, P.R., Ferrer, E., Wallace, A., Mangun, G.R., Saron, C.D., Miikkulainen, R. (2010) A computational approach to understanding the longitudinal changes in cortical activity associated with intensive meditation training. Computational Neuroscience Society, San Antonio Tx. [talk]

Bridwell, D.A., Thorpe, S., Srinivasan, R. (2010) The influence of goal-directed attention on unattended stimulus-driven responses. Vision Sciences Society, Naples, Fl.

King, B.G., Zanesco, A.P., Bridwell, D.A., Jacobs, T.L., Aichele, S.R., MacLean, K.A., Shaver, P.R., Rosenberg, E.L., Sahdra, B.K., Ferrer, E., Wallace, C., Saron, C.D. (2010) Accentuate the positive: Longitudinal effects of intensive meditation training on modulation of the emotion potentiated startle reflex. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Montreal, Canada.

Saggar, M., Aichele, S.R., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, A.P., Bridwell, D.A., MacLean K.A., King, B.A., Sahdra, B.K., Rosenberg, E.L., Shaver, P.R., Ferrer, E., Tang, A.C., Wallace, B., Mangun, G.R., Mikkulainen, R., Saron, C.D. (2010) Training attention: Longitudinal changes in cortical activity associated with intensive meditation. Human Vision and Electronic Imaging, San Jose, Ca. [talk]

MacLean, K.A., Aichele, S.R., Bridwell, D.A., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, A.P., King, B.G., Saggar, M., Mazaheri, A., Ferrer, E., Rosenberg, E.L., Sahdra, B.K., Shaver, P.R., Wallace, B.A., Mangun, G.R., Saron, C.D. (2009) Effects of intensive meditation training on sustained attention: Changes in visual event-related potentials, ongoing EEG and behavioral performance. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago Il.

Saggar, M., Aichele, S.R., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, A.P., Bridwell, D.A., MacLean, K.A., King, B.G., Sahdra, B.K., Rosenberg, E.L., Shaver, P.R., Ferrer, E., Tang, A.C., Wallace, B., Mangun, G.R., Miikkulainen R., Saron, C.D.(2009) Longitudinal changes in cortical activity associated with intensive meditation training. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago Il.

Jacobs, T.L., Epel, E.S., Lin, J., Blackburn, E.H., Wolkowitz, O.M., Bridwell, D.A., Zanesco, A.P., Aichele, S.R., King, B.G., Sahdra, B.K., MacLean, K.A., Lavy, S., Shaver, P.R., Ferrer, E., Rosenberg, E.L., Wallace, B., Saron, C.D. (2009) The Relation Between Telomerase Activity and Intensive Meditation Training is Mediated by Changes in Psychological Well-Being. International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, San Francisco Ca. [talk]

Rosenberg, E.L., Zanesco, A.P., King, B.K., Aichele, S.R., Jacobs, T.L., MacLean K.A., Bridwell, D.A., Wallace, B.A., Saron, C.D. (2009) Intensive Meditative Training Changes Facial Responses to Scenes of Human Suffering. Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, Ca. [talk]

MacLean, K., Aichele, S., Bridwell, D.A., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, T., King, B.K., Ferrer, E., Mangun, R., Saron, C.D. (2008) Intensive training in concentration meditation leads to improvements in visual sustained attention and response inhibition. Society for Neuroscience, Washington D.C.

MacLean, K., Saron, C., Aichele, S., Bridwell, D.A., Jacobs, T.L., Zanesco, T., Mangun, R. (2008) Improvements in Perceptual Threshold with Intensive Attention Training through Concentration Meditation. Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.

Suzuki, S., Dela Cruz, C.D., Yang, E.H., Bridwell, D.A., Wise, P.M., (2005) Estradiol Treatment does not protect against cerebral ischemia after a prolonged absence of circulating ovarian hormones. Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.

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