Curious about AI and spirituality? Have a few minutes for an anonymous survey? Colleague and friend Roman Palitsky at Emory U is launching a project on this fascinating intersection: qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Congrats to CHM Core Faculty member Simon Goldberg and Founder/Director Dr. Richard J. Davidson on receiving a $2.8M grant from National Institutes of Mental Health to support their research on digital interventions for mental health interventions! @sgoldbergphd.bsky.social @d3center.bsky.social

📢 Call for poster abstracts! The d3center invites submissions for the Conference on Intervention Optimization, May 18-20 in Bethesda, MD. Share your research in intervention optimization across health, education, engineering & more. Deadline: Oct 9. bit.ly/ioptimize26 #IOptimize26

The d3center is thrilled to co-host the first-ever Conference on Intervention Optimization! We're bringing together brilliant minds from health, education, engineering & beyond. May 18-20 in the DC area. Registration opens soon: bit.ly/ioptimize26 #IOptimize26

📱EMA is increasingly used in intervention studies to acquire a more fine-grained and ecologically valid assessment of change. But EMA is relatively burdensome. What's the added value? We tried to address this question in our new paper now out @jmirpub.bsky.social www.jmir.org/2025/1/e69297 1/n

Ecological Momentary Assessment as a Measure of Intervention Change: Evaluation in 4 Digital Mental Health Trials

Background: Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is increasingly being incorporated into intervention studies to acquire a more fine-grained and ecologically valid assessment of change. The added uti...

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Amazing new research study being launched at U of Melbourne on meditation practice across the globe! Please consider participating and sharing in your network: psychologicalsciences.unimelb.edu.au/CSC/research... @christianwebb.bsky.social @drericgarland.bsky.social @contemplativeneuro.bsky.social

Can neurotech devices help you meditate??? Our meta-analysis analyzing the results of RCTs and randomized studies of neurotechnology assesses that question, published in #JMIR, www.jmir.org/2025/1/e68204

Thanks to my co-authors! @sgoldbergphd.bsky.social @paulbloom.bsky.social @auerbachlab.bsky.social

We're hiring a research specialist to help run a set of large-scale randomized trials optimizing a well-being app. We're super excited about this work and hoping to find an equally excited research specialist to join our team and make the magic happen! Details here: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...

Research Specialist - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Job Summary: The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Center for Healthy Minds (CHM) is a leader in conducting science - in and out of the lab - on how to nurture emotional well-being in daily life, co...

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Had a lot of fun discussing dosage effects in meditation apps with Ozge Fischer-Baum at the Association for Psychological Science. @psychscience.bsky.social Podcast episode is here: www.psychologicalscience.org/news/dosage-...

Dosage Dilemma: Unpacking Meditation App Science

Podcast: In this episode, host Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum teams up with Simon Goldberg from the University of Wisconsin to explore a critical question: “How does the “dosage” of meditation app use imp...

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Thank you to my co-authors for their wonderful support! @sgoldbergphd.bsky.social and others not on this fledgling app!

New preprint. "Are ecological momentary assessment measures of intervention change worth the trouble? Evaluation in four digital mental health trials" w/ @sgoldbergphd.bsky.social and Drs. Hilt, Swords, Fisher and Bolt osf.io/preprints/ps... 1/n