Welcome to the Well Minds Lab!
Our research aims to contribute to improvement of mental health and wellbeing, particularly in the educational context. Using innovative multi-method approaches, we investigate the developmental neurocognitive and neuroaffective processes underlying mental health and wellbeing across the lifespan. We also examine changes in these processes resulting from mental health and wellbeing interventions, particularly those cultivating mindfulness, compassion and other healthy qualities of mind. Our research has implications for educational and healthcare policy on mental health and wellbeing promotion and prevention of mental ill-health. The lab is headed by Dr. Dusana Dorjee, an associate professor in the Psychology in Education Research Centre in the Department of Education at the University of York in the UK.
Lab news
We are currently validating a new measure of capacities underpinning mental health and wellbeing. Please help us by completing the validation survey.
Wondering how meditation works? We are currently also validating new measures of mechanisms underlying contemplative practices (including mindfulness and other types of meditation or prayer). If you practice mindfulness or any other type of meditation, consider contributing to our research by participating in the validation study.
Latest publications:
Wang, Q., & Dorjee, D. (2024, April 22). Humanity-Oriented Trait as a Predictor of Psychological Wellbeing, Mind- Wandering, and Self-Regulation. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/zam6r
Nguyen, T. U., & Dorjee, D. (2022). Impact of a mindfulness‐based school curriculum on emotion processing in Vietnamese pre‐adolescents: An event‐related potentials study. Developmental Science, 25(6), e13255. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13255
Kaunhoven, R. J., & Dorjee, D. (2021). Mindfulness versus cognitive reappraisal: the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on the early and late brain potential markers of emotion regulation. Mindfulness, 12, 2266-2280. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-021-01692-8
Levit-Binnun, N., Arbel, K., & Dorjee, D. (2021). The mindfulness map: A practical classification framework of mindfulness practices, associated intentions, and experiential understandings. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 727857. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.727857
Nguyen, T. U., & Dorjee, D. (2021, April 13). The effects of mindfulness training on emotion regulation in Vietnamese pre-adolescents: A SenseMaker study. MindRxiv. https://doi.org/10.31231/osf.io/s85em
Dorjee, D. (2021, March 17). The Covid-19 pandemic, political polarisation, climate change and the useless class: Why fostering wellbeing capacities should be part of the solution. MindRxiv. https://doi.org/10.31231/osf.io/qtkyr