Mindfulness and Meditation Bibliography

Mindfulness and Meditation Research Selective Bibliography

Compiled by Metta McGarvey

Last updated: January 1, 2006

Ahir, D.C. 1999. Vipassana: A Universal Buddhist Meditation Technique. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications.

American Psychological Association. (2003). Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10, pp. 125 ff.

Austin, J. (1998). Zen and the brain: toward an understanding of meditation and consciousness. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Baer, R.A. (2003). Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10, 125-143.

Becker, D.E. & Shapiro, D. (1981). Physiological responses to clicks during Zen, Yoga, and TM meditation. Psychophysiology, 18(6), 694-699.

Benson, H. (1975). The Relaxation Response. NY: Morrow.

Bishop, S.R. (2002). What do we really know about Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction?
Psychosomatic Medicine, 64(1), 71-83.

Bishop, S.R., Lau, M., Shapiro, S., Carlson, L., Anderson, N.D., Carmody, J., Segal, Z.V., Abbey, S., Speca, M., Velting, D., & Devins, G. (2004). Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, 11(3), 230-241.

Blackwell Publishers. (2000). Journal of Social Issues, 56. Oxford, U.K.

Brown, D. & Engler, J. (1980). The Stages of mindfulness meditation: A Validation study. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 12 (2), 143-192.

Brown, D., Forte, M., & Dysart, M. (1984a). Differences in visual sensitivity among mindfulness meditators and non-meditators. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 58, 727-733.

Brown, D., Forte, M., & Dysart, M. (1984b). Visual sensitivity and mindfulness meditation. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 58, 775-784.

Brown, K.W., & Ryan, R.M. (2004). Perils and promise in defining and measuring mindfulness: Observations from experience. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, 11(3), 242-248.

Buddhaghosa, B. (1976). The Path of purification. Boulder, CO: Shambhala.

Carlson, L.E., Speca, M., Patel, K.D., & Goodey, E. (2004). Mindfulness-based stress reduction in relation to quality of life, mood, symptoms of stress and levels of cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) and melatonin in breast and prostate cancer outpatients. Psychoneuroendocrinology, Vol 29(4), 448-474.

Dalai Lama. (1995). The Path to enlightenment. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications.

Davidson, R.J., & Harrington, A. (2002). Visions of compassion: Western scientists and Tibetan Buddhists examine human nature. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Davidson, R.J., Kabat-Zinn, J., Schumacher, J., Rosenkranz, M., Muller, D., Santorelli, S.F., Urbanowski, F., Harrington, A., Bonus, K., Sheridan, J.F. (2003). Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65(4), 564-570.

Dreyfus, G. (2002). Is compassion an emotion? A cross-cultural exploration of mental typologies. In Davidson, R.J. & Harrington, A. Visions of Compassion: Western Scientists and Tibetan Buddhists Examine Human Nature. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Engler, J. (1983). Theravada Buddhist insight meditation and an object relations model of therapeutic-developmental change: A Clinical case study of an ethnopsychiatric tradition. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Chicago. Dissertation Abstracts International.

Epstein, M. (1996). Thoughts without a thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist perspective. NY: Harper Collins.

Forbes, D. (2004). Boyz to Buddhas: Counseling urban high school male athletes in the zone. Peter Lang Publishing.

Forte, M., Brown, D., & Dysart, M. (1985). Through the looking glass: Phenomenological reports of advanced meditators at the visual threshold. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 4(4), 323-338.

Goldstein, J. (1976). The Experience of insight: A simple and direct guide to Buddhist meditation. Boulder, CO: Shambhala.

Goldstein, J. & Kornfield, J. (1987). Seeking the heart of wisdom: The path of insight meditation. Boulder, CO: Shambhala.

Goleman, D. (1997). Healing emotions: Conversations with the Dalai Lama on mindfulness, emotions, and health. Boston: Shambhala.

Goleman, D. (2003). Destructive emotions: How can we overcome them? NY: Bantam Books.

Gombrich, R. (1988). Theravada Buddhism: A social history from ancient Benares to modern Colombo. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd.

Gunaratana, H. (1991). Mindfulness in plain English. www.budaedu.org.tw.

Gunaratana, H. (2002). The Path of serenity and insight: An Explanation of the Buddhist jhanas. New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers.

Hayes, A.M., & Feldman, G. (2004). Clarifying the construct of mindfulness in the context of emotional regulation and the process of change in therapy. Clinical Psychology Science and Practice, 11, 255-262.

Hayes, S.C., & Wilson, K.G. (2003). Mindfulness: Method and process. Clinical Psychology Science and Practice, 10(2), 161-165.

Kasamatsu, A. & Hirai, T. (1973). An electroencephalographic study on the Zen meditation (zazen). Journal of the American Institute of Hypnosis, 14(3), 107-114.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (2003). Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Context: Past, Present, and Future. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10, 144-156.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990). Full Catastrophe Living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness. NY: Delacorte.

Kabat-Zinn, J., Lipworth, L., & Burney, R. (1985). The clinical use of mindfulness meditation for the self-regulation of chronic pain. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 8, 163-190.

Kabat-Zinn, J., Massion, M.D., Kristeller, J., Peterson, L.G., Fletcher, K.E., Pbert, L., Lenderking, W.R., & Santorelli, S.F. (1992). Effectiveness of a meditation-based stress reduction program in the treatment of anxiety disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 149, 936-943.

Klein, A. (1992). Mental concentration and the unconditioned: A Buddhist case for unmediated experience. In Buswell, R.E. Jr., & Gimello, R.M., Eds. Paths to liberation: The Marga and its transformations in Buddhist thought. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, pp. 269-308.

Klein, A. (1995). Meeting the great bliss queen. Boston: Beacon Press.

Langer, E. (1989). Mindfulness. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.

Langer, E. (1997). Mindfulness: The Power of mindful learning. Reading, MA: Perseus Books.

Langer, E. & Moldoveanu, M. (2000a). The Construct of mindfulness. Journal of Social Issues, 56, No. 1, pp. 1-9.

Langer, E. & Moldoveanu, M. (2000b). Mindfulness research and the future. Journal of Social Issues, 56, No. 1, pp. 129-139.

Lazar, S.W., Bush, G., Gollub, R.L., Fricchione, G.L. Khalsa, G., & Benson, H. (2000). Functional brain mapping of the relaxation response and meditation. NeuroReport, 11(7), 1581-1585.

Lazar, S.W., Kerr, K., Wasserman, R., Gray, J., McGarvey, M., Quinn, B., Benson, H., Rauch, S., Moore, C., Fischl, B. (2005). Meditation is associated with increased cortical thickness in prefrontal, sensory, and paralimbic brain regions. NeuroReport,

Linehan, M.M. (1993). Cognitive behavioral treatment of borderline personality disorder. NY: Guilford Press.

Lutz, A., Greischar, L.L., Rawlings, N.B., Ricard, M., & Davidson, R.J. (2004). Long-term meditators self-induce high amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, vol. 101 no. 46, 16369-16373.

Massion, A.O., Teas, J., Hebert, J.R., Wertheimer, M.D., & Kabat-Zinn, J. (1995). Meditation, melatonin, and breast/prostate cancer: Hypothesis and preliminary data. Medical Hypotheses, 44, 39-46.

Miller, J., Fletcher, K., & Kabat-Zinn, J. (1995). Three-year follow-up and clinical implications of a mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention in the treatment of anxiety disorders. Gen. Hosp. Psychiatry, 17, 192-200.

Miller, M.E. & Cook-Greuter, S. R. (1994). Transcendence and mature thought in adulthood: The Further reaches of adult development. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Murata, T., Takahashi, T., Hamada, T., Omori, M., Kosaka, H., Yoshida, H., & Wada, Y. (2004). Individual trait anxiety levels characterizing the properties of Zen meditation. Neuropsychobiology 2004; 50; 189-194.

Rahula, W. (1959). What the Buddha taught. London: Gordon Fraser.

Rosenberg, L. (1999). Breath by breath. Boston: Shambhala.

Salzberg, S. (1997). A Heart as wide as the world: Living with mindfulness, wisdom, and compassion. Boston: Shambhala.

Salzberg, S. (1995). Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary art of happiness. Boston: Shambhala.

Schwartz, J.M. (1997). Brain lock: Free yourself from obsessive-compulsive behavior. Regan Books.

Schwartz, J.M., & Begley, S. (2003). The mind and the brain: Neuroplasticity and the power of mental force. Regan Books.

Segal, Z., Williams, J.M.G, & Teasdale, J.D. (2002). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression. NY: The Guilford Press.

Shapiro, S. (2002). Mindfulness-based stress reduction and breast cancer. Dissertation Abstracts International: Vol 63(5-B).

Speca, M., Carlson, L.E., Goodey, E., & Angen, M. (2000). A Randomized, wait-list controlled clinical trial: The Effect of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program on mood and symptoms of stress in cancer outpatients. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62, 613-622.

Sterling, S. K., (1996). Affective change following a ten day vipassana meditation retreat. Dissertation Abstracts International, Vol. 57 (6B), p. 4044.

Thera, N. (1962). The Heart of Buddhist meditation. London: Rider and Company.

Travis, F., Arenander, A. & Du Bois, D. (2004). Psychological and physiological characteristics of a proposed object-referral/self-referral continuum of self-awareness. Consciousness and Cognition, 13, 401-420.

Valentine, E.R., & Sweet, P.L.G. (1999). Meditation and attention: a comparison of the effects of concentrative and mindfulness meditation on sustained attention. Mental Health, Religion, & Culture, 2(1), 59-70.

Varela, F. (1996). Neurophenomenology: A Methodological remedy for the hard problem. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 3, no. 4, 330-349.

Varela, F. & Shear, J. (1999). The View from within: first-person approaches to the study of consciousness. Bowling Green, OH: Imprint Academic. [Note: this was published as a special issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies, 6, 2-3, 1999].

Varela, F.J., Thompson, E., & Rosch, E. (1991). The Embodied mind. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Wagner, A.D., Schacter, D.L., Rotte, M., Koutstaal, W., Maril, A., Dale, A.M., Rosen, B.R., & West, M. (Ed.). (1987). The Psychology of meditation. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Wallace, A. (1998). The Bridge of quiescence: experiencing Tibetan Buddhist meditation. Chicago: Open Court.

Wilber, K. (2000). Integral psychology: consciousness, spirit, psychology, therapy. Boston: Shambhala.

Wilber, K., Engler, J., and Brown, D. (1986). Transformations of consciousness. Boston: Shambhala.