Contemplative Psychophysiology Lab
Selected Publications
Berry, D. R., Cairo, A. H., Goodman, R. J., Quaglia, J. T., & Green, J. D. and Brown, K. W. (2018). Mindfulness increases empathic and prosocial responses toward ostracized strangers. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. [2016 5-year ISI impact factor: 5.12].
Goodman, R. J., Plonski, P., Savery, L.N. (2018). Compassion training from an Early Buddhist perspective: The neurological concomitants of the Brahmavihāras. In L.C. Stevens and C. C. Woodruff (Eds.) The Neuroscience of Compassion, Self-Compassion, and Empathy. Elsevier.
West, T. N.*, Savery, L. N.*, & Goodman, R. J. (2018). The Neuroscience of Cruelty. In L.C. Stevens and C. Woodruff (Eds.) The Neuroscience of Compassion, Self-Compassion, and Empathy. Elsevier.
Brown, K. W., Goodman, R. J., Ryan, R. M., & Anālayo, Bh. (2016). Mindfulness enhances episodic memory performance: Evidence from a multimethod investigation. PLoS One (2014 5-year ISI impact factor: 3.70) [LINK]
Arch, J. J., Brown, K. W., Goodman, R. J., Della Porta, M. D., Kiken, L. G., & Tillman, S. R. (2016). Enjoying food without caloric cost: The impact of brief mindfulness on laboratory eating outcomes. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 79, 23-34. (2014 5-year ISI impact factor: 4.61) [LINK]
Quaglia, J. T., Goodman, R. J., & Brown, K. W. (2015). Trait Mindfulness Predicts Efficient Top-Down Attention to and Discrimination of Facial Expressions. Journal of Personality. (2014 5-year ISI impact factor: 3.78) [LINK].
Quaglia, J. T., Goodman, R. J., & Brown, K. W. (2015). From mindful attention to social connection: The key role of emotion regulation. Cognition and Emotion. (2014 5-year ISI impact factor: 3.43) [LINK].
Goodman, R. J., Quaglia, J. T., & Brown, K. W. (2015). Burning Issues in Dispositional Mindfulness Research. For invited
chapter in B.D. Ostafin, M.D. Robinson, & B.P. Meier (Eds.) Mindfulness and Self-Regulation. Springer. [LINK]
Quaglia, J. T., Brown, K. W., Lindsay, E. K., Creswell, J. D., & Goodman, R.J. (2014). From Conceptualization to
Operationalization of Mindfulness For invited chapter in K.W. Brown, J. D. Creswell, & R. M. Ryan (Eds.) Handbook of
Mindfulness: Theory & Research. Guilford Press: New York. [LINK]
Brown, K. W., Goodman, R. J., & Inzlicht, M. (2013). Dispositional mindfulness and the attenuation of neural responses to
emotional stimuli. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8, 93-99. (2013 5 year ISI impact factor: 6.78) [LINK]
Blank, M., Brown, K. W., Goodman, R. J., & Eissenberg, T. (2013) An observational study of group waterpipe use in a natural
environment. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 15, doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntt120. (2013 5-year ISI impact factor: 3.13) [LINK]
Lab Research Funding
American Psychological Association Division 19: Society for Military Psychology Member/Affiliate Member Research Grant. Mindfulness training to Improve Ability Self-Evaluations. 2016-2017. Direct Costs: $2500. Principal Investigator (with Co-PI Ann Huffman).
Northern Arizona University: Support for Graduate Students, Mindfulness, Self-Enhancement, and the Accuracy of Ability Self-Evaluations. 01/19/2016 to 12/31/2016. Direct Costs: $1500. Faculty Sponsor (Student Investigator: Michael Esposito).
Northern Arizona University: Faculty Grants Program, Protecting the Past with Presence: Mindfulness Training to Improve Episodic Memory in Aging Adults. 07/01/2015 to 07/01/2016. Direct Costs: $14,972. Principal Investigator.
Northern Arizona University: Hooper Undergraduate Research Award, Individual Differences in Mindfulness and Quiet Ego Functions as Moderators of a Neural Correlate of Self-centric Motivation. Direct Costs: $3500. Faculty Sponsor (Student Investigator: Taylor West).
University of Virginia Contemplative Sciences Center, The Effect of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction on Episodic and Prospective Memory Function in Aging Adults, 03/2014 to 09/2015. Direct Costs: $11,000. Student Researcher: Robert J. Goodman (PI: Kirk Warren Brown).
Mind and Life Institute: Francisco J. Varela Award, The Effects of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction on Episodic and Prospective Memory Function in Aging Adults, 01/2013 to 01/2015. Direct Costs: $15,000. PI: Robert J. Goodman
Goodman, R. J. (2017). Moderating the Expression of Tolerance Through Mindfulness Training: The Key Role of Disgust Regulation. A symposium presented at the second international conference on the Evolution of Religion: How Biology, Psychology, and Culture Interact, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM.
Goodman, R. J. (2017). Recent Discoveries in the Neuroscience of Empathy, Compassion, and Self-Compassion. Discussant. A symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC.
Lara, K.*, Parada, J.*, & Goodman, R. J. (2017). The Effect of a Mindfulness Intervention on a Neural Marker of Disgust Sensitivity. A symposium presentation at the 2017 NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium on the Social Psychophysiology of Compassion, Flagstaff, AZ.
Wolf, K.*, Parada, J.*, & Goodman, R. J. (2017). Do Early Posterior Negativity Responses to Disgust Predict Increased Prejudice? A symposium presentation at the 2017 NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium on the Social Psychophysiology of Compassion, Flagstaff, AZ.
Diamond, C.*, Esposito, M. V.*, & Goodman, R. J. (2017). Self-Compassion Reduces the Influence of Experiential Shame on the Self-Serving Bias. A symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Pondy, T.*, Esposito, M. V.*, & Goodman, R. J. (2017). Mindfulness, Self-enhancement, and Self-Evaluation Accuracy. A symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC
Begay, C.*, Brookshire, K.*, & Goodman, R. J. (2015). Mindfulness and the Emotional Consequences of Self-Threatening Feedback. A symposium presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
Goodman, R. J. (2016). The Value in Not Turning Away: Evidence for Mindfulness-based Alterations to Attention and Memory. Invited talk given to Cleveland State University Proseminar in Experimental Psychology, Cleveland, OH.
Goodman, R. J. (2016). Understanding the Complementary Roles of Mindfulness (sati) and Clear Comprehension (sampanjanna) in Early Buddhist Thought. Invited talk given to the Flagstaff Vipassana Meditation Group, Flagstaff, AZ.
Goodman, R. J. (2015). Protecting the Past with Presence: Evidence for Mindfulness-based Alterations to Attention and Memory. Invited talk given at the 2015 Northern Arizona University Summer Seminar Series.
Quaglia, J. T., Goodman, R. J., & Brown, K. W. (2014). The Social Side of Mindfulness: From lab to life. A symposium to be presented at the 2014 International Symposium for Contemplative Studies, Boston, MA.
Brown, K. W., Quaglia, J. T., Goodman, R. J. (2014). Why Does Mindfulness Promote More Benign Responses to Emotional Threat? Temporally Sensitive Tests of an Attention Deployment Hypothesis. A symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, San Francisco, CA.
Goodman, R. J ., & Park, E. S. (2011). Mindfulness Enhances Executive Control by Reducing the Centrality of the Self. A symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, TX.
Park, E. S., Daman, S., Goodman, R. J., & Hamill, A. (2008). Exploring Individual Differences in Perceptions about Groups. A symposium presented at the 80th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA), Chicago, IL.