Publications

  • Denkova, E., Barry, J., Zanesco, A.P., Rooks, J., Rogers., S. L., & Jha, A.P. (2023). Online mindfulness training for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a randomized controlled trial using a multi-method assessment approach. Aging & Mental Health. link
  • Nassif, T.H., Adrian, Gutierrez, I.A., A.C., Dixon, A., Rogers, S.L., Jha, A.P., Adler, A.B., (2023).Optimizing performance and mental skills with mindfulness-based attention training: two field studies with operational units. Military Medicine. 188 (3/4), 761-770. link
  • Witkin, J.E., Denkova, E., Zanesco, A. P., Morrison, A. B., Rooks, J., Carpenter, J., Baime, M., & Jha, A.P. (2022). Does intensive mindfulness training strengthen sustained attention? examining individual differences in mind wandering during the sustained attention to response task. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine. link
  • Jha, A. P., Zanesco, A. P., Denkova, E., MacNaulty, W., & Rogers., S. L. (2021). The effects of mindfulness training on working memory performance in high-demand cohorts: a multi-study investigation. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement. 6, 192–204. link
  • Denkova, E., Barry, J., Slavin, L., Zanesco, A. P., Rogers, S.L., & Jha, A.P. (2021). Investigating the impact of peer-trainer delivered mindfulness training on cognitive abilities and psychological health. Mindfulness, 12, 2645–2661. link
  • Jha, A. P., Zanesco, A. P., Denkova, E., Rooks, J., Morrison, A. B., & Stanley, E. (2020). Comparing mindfulness and positivity trainings in high demand cohorts. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 44, 311326. link
  • Jha, A. P., Zanesco, A. P., Denkova, E., Morrison, A. B., Ramos, N., Chichester, K., Gaddy, J., & Rogers,S. (2020). Bolstering cognitive resilience via train-the-trainer delivery of mindfulness training in applied high-demand settings. Mindfulness, 11, 683–697. link
  • Denkova E., Zanesco A.P., Rogers S.L. & Jha A.P. (2020). Is Resilience Trainable? An Initial Study Comparing Mindfulness and Relaxation Training in Firefighters. Psychiatry Research, 285, 1-8, link
  • Jha, A.P., Zanesco, A.P., Denkova E., Rooks, J., Morrison, A.B., Stanley, E. (2020). Comparing Mindfulness and Positivity Trainings in High Demand Cohorts. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 44, 311-326,link
  • Jha A. P., Zanesco A.P., Denkova E., Morrison A. B., Ramos N., Chichester K., Gaddy J. & Rogers S. (2020). Bolstering Cognitive Resilience via Train-the-Trainer Delivery of Mindfulness Training in Applied High-Demand Settings. Mindfulness, 11:683697, link
  • Jha, A.P., Denkova, E., Zanesko, A. B., Witkin, J.E., Rooks, J., & Rogers, S. L., (2019). Does Mindfulness Training Help Working Memory “Work” Better?
    Current Opinion in Psychology. 28: 273-278,
    link
  • Jha, A.P., Rogers, S.L., Schoomaker, E. Cardon, E (2019)Deploying Mindfulness to Gain Cognitive Advantage: Considerations for Military Effectiveness and Well-being. NATO Science and Technology Conference Proceedings, pp 1-14.
  •   Zanesco, A. P., Denkova, E., Rogers, S. L., MacNulty, W. K., Jha, A. P., (2019). Mindfulness training as cognitive training in high-demand cohorts: an initial study in elite military servicemembers. Progress in Brain Research. 244:323-354, publication
  • Rogers, S.L., McAliley, C., & Jha, A.P. (2018). Mindfulness training for judges: mind wandering and the development of cognitive resilience. Court Review, Vol 54, pp 80-89. pdf
  • Jha, A. P., Witkin, J. E., Morrison, A. B., Rostrup, N., & Stanley, E. (2017). Short-Form Mindfulness Training Protects Against Working Memory Degradation over High-Demand Intervals. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 1(2), 154-171. doi:10.1007/s41465-017-0035-2. pdf
  • Rooks, J., Morrison, A. B., Goolsarran, M., Rogers, S. L., & Jha, A. P. (2017). “We Are Talking About Practice”: The influence of mindfulness vs. relaxation training on athletes’ attention and well-being over high-demand intervals. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 1(2), 141-153. doi:10.1007/s41465-017-0016-5. pdf
  • Jha, A. P., Morrison, A. B., Parker, S. C., & Stanley, E. A. (2016). Practice is protective: Mindfulness training promotes cognitive resilience in high-stress cohorts. Mindfulness, 7(1), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s12671-015-0465-9. pdf
  • Lutz, A., Jha, A. P., Dunne, J. D., & Saron, C. (2015). Investigating the phenomenological matrix of mindfulness-related practices from a neurocognitive perspective. American Psychologist, 70(7), 632-658. doi: 10.1037/a0039585. Abstract
  • Jha, A. P., Morrison, A. B., Dainer-Best, J., Parker, S., Rostrup, N., & Stanley, E. (2015). Minds “At Attention”: Mindfulness training curbs attentional lapses in military cohorts. PLoS ONE, 10(2), 1-19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116889. pdf
  • Rogers, S. (2014). The Role of Mindfulness in the Ongoing Evolution of Legal Education 36 Ark. L. Rev.227.
  • Rogers, S., Mindfulness in Law (2014). In "The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness," Amanda Ie, Christelle Ngoumen & Ellen Langer, Editors. (Wiley-Blackwell).
  • Morrison, A. B., Goolsarran, M., Rogers, S. L., & Jha, A. P. (2014). Taming a wandering attention: Short-form mindfulness training in student cohorts. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(897), 1-12. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00897. pdf
  • Leonard, N. R., Jha, A. P., Casarjian, B., Goolsaran, M., Garcia, C., Cleland, C. M., Gwadz, M. V., & Massey, Z. (2013). Mindfulness training improves attentional task performance in incarcerated youth: A group randomized controlled intervention trial. Frontiers in Psychology, 4(792), 1-12. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00792. pdf
  • Roeser, R. W., Schonert-Reichl, K. A., Jha, A. P., Cullen, M., Wallace, L., Wilensky, R., Oberle, E., Thomson, K., Taylor, C., & Harrison, J. (2013). Mindfulness training and reductions in teacher stress and burnout: Results from two randomized, waitlist-control field trials. Journal of Educational Psychology, 105(3), 787-804. doi: 10.1037/a0032093. pdf
  • Rogers, S., (2012). The Mindful Law School: An Integrative Approach to Transforming Legal Education, 28 Touro L. Review 1189. Article
  • Davidson, R., Dunne, J., Eccles, J. S., Engle, A., Greenberg, M., Jennings, P., Jha, A. P., Jinpa, T., Lantieri, L., Meyer, D., Roeser, R. W., & Vago, D. (2012). Contemplative practices and mental training: Prospects for American education. Child Development Perspectives, 6(2), 146-153. doi:10.1111/j.1750-8606.2012.00240. pdf
  • Baijal, S., Jha, A. P., Kiyonaga, A., Singh, R., & Srinivasan, N. (2011). The influence of concentrative meditation training on the development of attention networks during early adolescence. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 2(153), 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00153. pdf
  • Van Vugt, M. & Jha, A. P. (2011). Investigating the impact of mindfulness meditation training on working memory: A mathematical modeling approach. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 11, 344-353. doi: 10.3758/s13415-011-0048-8. pdf
  • Stanley, E. A., Schaldach, J. M., Kiyonaga, A., & Jha, A. P. (2011). Mindfulness-based mind fitness training: A case study of a high-stress predeployment military cohort. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 18(4), 566-576. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2010.08.002. pdf
  • Jha, A. P. & Kiyonaga, A. (2010). Working memory-triggered dynamic adjustments in cognitive control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36(4), 1036-1042. doi: 10.1037/a0019337. pdf
  • Jha, A. P., Stanley, E. A., Kiyonaga, A., Wong, L., & Gelfand, L. (2010). Examining the protective effects of mindfulness training on working memory and affective experience. Emotion, 10(1), 54–64. doi: 10.1037/a0018438. pdf
  • Stanley, E. A. & Jha, A. P. (2009). Mind fitness: Improving operational effectiveness and building warrior resilience. Joint Force Quarterly, 55, 144-151. pdf
  • Jha, A. P., Krompinger, J., & Baime, M. J. (2007). Mindfulness training modifies subsystems of attention. Cognitive Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience, 7(2), 109-119. doi: 10.3758/cabn.7.2.109. pdf
  • Morrison, A. B. & Jha, A. P. (2015). Mindfulness, attention, and working memory. In B. D. Ostafin (Ed.), Handbook of mindfulness and self-regulation. New York: Springer.
  • Jha, A. P., Rogers, S. L., & Morrison, A. B. (2014). Mindfulness training in high stress professions: Strengthening attention and resilience. In R. A. Baer (Ed.), Mindfulness-based treatment approaches: A clinician’s guide (2nd ed.), 347-366. Elsevier: San Diego. pdf
  • Jha, A. P., Stanley, E. A., & Baime, M. J. (2010). What does mindfulness training strengthen? Working memory capacity as a functional marker of training success. In: R. A. Baer (Ed.), Assessing mindfulness and acceptance processes in clients: Illuminating the theory and practice of change, 207-221. New Harbinger Publications: New York. pdf
  • Jha, A. P., Baime, M. J., & Sreenivasan, K. K. (2009).  Attention and mindfulness training. In R. E. Ingram (Ed.), The international encyclopedia of depression, 37-40. Springer Publishing Company: New York. pdf
  • Paulson, S., Davidson, R., Jha, A. P., Kabat-Zinn, J. (2013). Becoming conscious: The science of mindfulness. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1303: 87–104. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12203
  • Jha, A. P. (2013). Being in the now. Scientific American Mind, 24, 26 – 33. doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0313-26