Sara W. Lazar

How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective

Britta K. Hölzel, Sara W. Lazar, Tim Gard et al. · Perspectives on Psychological Science · 2011 · 3K citations

Social Sciences, Neuroscience, Psychology +17

Intrinsic Functional Connectivity As a Tool For Human Connectomics: Theory, Properties, and Optimization

Koene R. A. Van Dijk, Trey Hedden, Archana Venkataraman et al. · Journal of Neurophysiology · 2009 · 1.9K citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density

Britta K. Hölzel, James Carmody, Márk Vangel et al. · Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging · 2010 · 1.9K citations

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +11

Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness

Sara W. Lazar, Catherine E. Kerr, Rachel H. Wasserman et al. · Neuroreport · 2005 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Medicine, Neuroscience, Psychology +15

Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation

Nicholas T. Van Dam, Marieke K. van Vugt, David R. Vago et al. · Perspectives on Psychological Science · 2017 · 1.5K citations · Full text

Education, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +16