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Herbert Benson is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersections of psychology and medicine, with particular attention to areas such as clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, physiology, applied psychology, and behavioral neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in their research include mindfulness and compassion interventions, psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, dietary effects on health, resilience and mental health, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, optimism, hope, and well-being, as well as stress responses and cortisol.

Herbert Benson has contributed to several academic publications, with recent notable papers including:

  • "A New Era for Mind-Body Medicine", 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "A Comprehensive Resiliency Framework: Theoretical Model, Treatment, and Evaluation", 2021, Global Advances in Health and Medicine
  • "PCC-hippocampal functional connectivity associated with stress biomarker changes after meditation training for healthy adults", 2025, Neuroscience Letters
  • "Psychological assessments, allostatic load and gene expression analyses in a randomized controlled trial comparing meditation, yoga, and stress education", 2025, Frontiers in Psychology

The scientist regularly publishes in diverse venues such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Global Advances in Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Letters, and Frontiers in Psychology.

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Gregory L. Fricchione
  • John W. Denninger
  • Diane Joss
  • Sat Bir S. Khalsa
  • Elizabeth A. Hoge

Best Publications

  • The Relaxation Response

    Herbert Benson;John F. Beary;Mark P. Carol

  • Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness

    Sara W. Lazar;Catherine E. Kerr;Rachel H. Wasserman;Jeremy R. Gray

  • A wakeful hypometabolic physiologic state

    RK Wallace;H Benson;AF Wilson

  • Functional brain mapping of the relaxation response and meditation.

    Sara W. Lazar;CA George Bush;Randy L. Gollub;Gregory L. Fricchione

  • Triggering of acute myocardial infarction onset by episodes of anger. Determinants of Myocardial Infarction Onset Study Investigators.

    Murray A. Mittleman;Malcolm Maclure;Jane B. Sherwood;Richard P. Mulry

  • The physiology of meditation.

    Robert Keith Wallace;Herbert Benson

  • Standardised mindfulness-based interventions in healthcare: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of RCTs

    Rinske A. Gotink;Paula Chu;Jan J. V. Busschbach;Herbert Benson

  • Health outcomes and a new index of spiritual experience.

    Jared D. Kass;Richard Friedman;Jane Leserman;Patricia C. Zuttermeister

  • The Evaluation of a Mind/Body Intervention To Reduce Psychological Distress and Perceived Stress in College Students.

    Gloria R. Deckro;Kelli M. Ballinger;Michael Hoyt;Marilyn Wilcher

  • ACADEMIC STRESS, POWER MOTIVATION, AND DECREASE IN SECRETION RATE OF SALIVARY SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN A

    JohnB. Jemmott;Myrin Borysenko;Robert Chapman;JoanZ. Borysenko

  • The role of stress in neurodegenerative diseases and mental disorders.

    Tobias Esch;George B Stefano;Gregory L Fricchione;Herbert Benson

  • Genomic Counter-Stress Changes Induced by the Relaxation Response

    Jeffery A. Dusek;Hasan H Otu;Ann L. Wohlhueter;Manoj Bhasin

  • Timeless Healing: The Power and Biology of Belief

    Herbert Benson

  • The effects of tai chi on depression, anxiety, and psychological well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Fang Wang;Eun-Kyoung Othelia Lee;Taixiang Wu;Herbert Benson

  • Relaxation Response Induces Temporal Transcriptome Changes in Energy Metabolism, Insulin Secretion and Inflammatory Pathways

    Manoj Bhasin;Manoj Bhasin;Jeffery A. Dusek;Bei-Hung Chang;Bei-Hung Chang;Marie G. Joseph

  • Exaggerated heart rate oscillations during two meditation techniques

    C.-K Peng;Joseph E Mietus;Yanhui Liu;Gurucharan Khalsa

  • Epinephrine-induced changes in the distribution of lymphocyte subsets in peripheral blood of humans.

    B Crary;S L Hauser;M Borysenko;I Kutz

  • Reduced sympathetic nervous system responsivity associated with the relaxation response

    JW Hoffman;H Benson;PA Arns;GL Stainbrook

  • A simple psychophysiologic technique which elicits the hypometabolic changes of the relaxation response.

    John F. Beary;Herbert Benson

  • Heart rate dynamics during three forms of meditation.

    C.-K Peng;Isaac C Henry;Joseph E Mietus;Jeffrey M Hausdorff

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Friedman
Richard A. Friedman Columbia University
Towia A. Libermann
Towia A. Libermann Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Manoj Bhasin
Manoj Bhasin Emory University
Albert Yeung
Albert Yeung Harvard University
George B. Stefano
George B. Stefano Charles University
Alice D. Domar
Alice D. Domar Harvard Medical School
Bernard Rosner
Bernard Rosner Harvard University
Geoffrey H. Tofler
Geoffrey H. Tofler Royal North Shore Hospital
Maurizio Fava
Maurizio Fava Harvard University
Patricia L. Hibberd
Patricia L. Hibberd Boston University

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