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Judson A. Brewer

Judson A. Brewer

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Psychology

D-Index
44
Citations
12583
World Ranking
6834
National Ranking
3706

Overview

Judson A. Brewer is affiliated with Brown University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, and General Health Professions.

Their research work primarily covers topics such as:

  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors

Judson A. Brewer has published papers in multiple scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Mindfulness
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Global Advances in Health and Medicine
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Health Psychology

Recent publications include:

  • "Mindfulness and Behavior Change", 2020, Harvard Review of Psychiatry
  • "A mindfulness-based mobile health (mHealth) intervention among psychologically distressed university students in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial.", 2021, Journal of Counseling Psychology
  • "Mindfulness-Based Programs: Why, When, and How to Adapt?", 2022, Global Advances in Health and Medicine
  • "A methodological checklist for fMRI drug cue reactivity studies: development and expert consensus", 2022, Nature Protocols
  • "Self-Regulation Without Force: Can Awareness Leverage Reward to Drive Behavior Change?", 2020, Perspectives on Psychological Science

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Alexandra Roy
  • Ryan A. Mace
  • Stephen J. Bartels
  • Olivia I. Okereke
  • Bettina B. Hoeppner

In addition to articles, Judson A. Brewer has published a book titled The Craving Mind with Yale University Press in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Meditation experience is associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity

    Judson A. Brewer;Patrick D. Worhunsky;Jeremy R. Gray;Yi Yuan Tang

  • Contemplating Mindfulness at Work An Integrative Review

    Darren J. Good;Christopher J. Lyddy;Theresa M. Glomb;Joyce E. Bono

  • What defines mindfulness-based programs? The warp and the weft.

    R. S. Crane;Judson A. Brewer;C Feldman;Jon Kabat-Zinn

  • The neurobiology and genetics of impulse control disorders: relationships to drug addictions.

    Judson A. Brewer;Marc N. Potenza

  • Mindfulness training for smoking cessation: results from a randomized controlled trial.

    Judson A. Brewer;Sarah Mallik;Theresa A. Babuscio;Charla Nich

  • Craving to Quit: psychological models and neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness training as treatment for addictions

    Judson A. Brewer;Hani M. Elwafi;Jake H. Davis

  • The neurobiology of substance and behavioral addictions.

    Jon E. Grant;Judson A. Brewer;Marc N. Potenza

  • Acquired deficit of forebrain glucocorticoid receptor produces depression-like changes in adrenal axis regulation and behavior

    Maureen P. Boyle;Judson A. Brewer;Michiyo Funatsu;David F. Wozniak

  • Mindfulness Training and Stress Reactivity in Substance Abuse: Results from a Randomized, Controlled Stage I Pilot Study

    Judson A Brewer;Rajita Sinha;Justin A Chen;Ravenna N Michalsen

  • Mindfulness and Behavior Change.

    Zev Schuman-Olivier;Marcelo Trombka;David A. Lovas;Judson A. Brewer

  • Meditation leads to reduced default mode network activity beyond an active task

    Kathleen A. Garrison;Thomas A. Zeffiro;Dustin Scheinost;R. Todd Constable

  • What about the "Self" is Processed in the Posterior Cingulate Cortex?

    Judson A. Brewer;Kathleen A. Garrison;Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli

  • Optimizing real time fMRI neurofeedback for therapeutic discovery and development

    L.E. Stoeckel;L.E. Stoeckel;K.A. Garrison;S.S. Ghosh;P. Wighton

  • Pretreatment brain activation during stroop task is associated with outcomes in cocaine-dependent patients.

    Judson A. Brewer;Patrick D. Worhunsky;Kathleen M. Carroll;Bruce J. Rounsaville

  • Effortless awareness: using real time neurofeedback to investigate correlates of posterior cingulate cortex activity in meditators' self-report.

    Kathleen A. Garrison;Juan F. Santoyo;Jake H. Davis;Thomas A. Thornhill

  • Mindfulness training for smoking cessation: moderation of the relationship between craving and cigarette use.

    Hani M. Elwafi;Katie Witkiewitz;Sarah Mallik;Thomas A. Thornhill

  • Mindfulness‐based treatments for co‐occurring depression and substance use disorders: what can we learn from the brain?

    Judson A. Brewer;Sarah Bowen;Joseph T. Smith;G. Alan Marlatt

  • Real-time fMRI links subjective experience with brain activity during focused attention.

    Kathleen A. Garrison;Dustin Scheinost;Patrick D. Worhunsky;Hani M. Elwafi

  • Mindfulness and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: State of the Evidence, Plausible Mechanisms, and Theoretical Framework.

    Eric B. Loucks;Zev Schuman-Olivier;Zev Schuman-Olivier;Willoughby B. Britton;David M. Fresco

  • Craving to Quit: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Smartphone App-Based Mindfulness Training for Smoking Cessation.

    Kathleen A Garrison;Prasanta Pal;Stephanie S O’Malley;Brian P Pittman

  • The posterior cingulate cortex as a plausible mechanistic target of meditation: findings from neuroimaging

    Judson A. Brewer;Kathleen A. Garrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen M. Carroll
Kathleen M. Carroll Yale University
Hedy Kober
Hedy Kober Yale University
Nicholas T. Van Dam
Nicholas T. Van Dam University of Melbourne
Charla Nich
Charla Nich Yale University
Sara Jo Nixon
Sara Jo Nixon University of Florida
Lara A. Ray
Lara A. Ray University of California, Los Angeles
G. Alan Marlatt
G. Alan Marlatt University of Washington
Rajita Sinha
Rajita Sinha Yale University
Kirk Warren Brown
Kirk Warren Brown Carnegie Mellon University

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