Publications

You can download Dr. Britton’s full CV  here

Britton, W.B., & Bootzin, R. R. (2004). Near-death Experiences and the Temporal Lobe. Psychological Science, 15, 254-258. (pdf)

Shapiro, S., Britton, W.B., & Walsh, R. (2004) An Analysis of Recent Meditation Research and Suggestions for Future Directions. Journal of Meditation Research, 10, 2-27. (pdf)

Payne, J. D., Britton, W.B., Bootzin, R. R., & Nadel, L. (2005). Beyond Acetylcholine: Next steps for sleep and memory research.Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, 77.

Payne, J. D., Britton, W.B., Nadel, L., & Jacobs, W. J. (2004). The biopsychology of trauma and memory. In D. Reisberg & P. Hertel (Eds.), Memory and Emotion (pp. 76-128). New York: Oxford University Press. (Buy Book)

Britton WB, Bootzin RR, Cousins JC, Hasler BP, Peck T, Shapiro SL. (2010). The contribution of mindfulness practice to a multicomponent behavioral sleep intervention following substance abuse treatment in adolescents: a treatment-development study. Substance Abuse, 31, 86–97. (pdf)

Britton WB, Haynes PL, Fridel KW, Bootzin RR. (2010). Polysomnographic and subjective profiles of sleep continuity before and after mindfulness- based cognitive therapy in partially remitted depression. Psychosomatic Medicine, 72, 539-548. (pdf)

Shahar, B., Britton, W.B., Sbarra, D., Figueredo, A.J., and Bootzin, R.R. (2010). Mechanisms of change in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for depression: preliminary evidence from a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 3, 402-418. ISSN: 1937-1209. (pdf)

*Silverstein R, *Brown A, Roth H, and Britton W.B. (2011). Mindfulness training improves interoceptive awareness to sexual stimuli: Implications for healthy female sexual functioning. Psychosomatic Medicine. (pdf)

de Dios, M.A., Herman, D.S., Britton, W.B., Hagerty, C.E., Anderson, B.J., and Stein, M. (2012).Motivational and mindfulness meditation intervention for young adult female marijuana smokers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 42, 56 – 64. ISSN: 0740-5472 (pdf)

Britton, W.B., Shahar, B., Szepsenwol, O., and Jacobs, W.J., (2011). Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy improves emotional reactivity to social stress: results from a randomized controlled trial. Behavior Therapy. (pdf)

*Roberts-Wofle, D., *Sacchet, M., *Hastings, E., Roth, H., Britton, W.B. (in press). Mindfulness training alters emotional memory recall compared to active controls: support for an emotional information processing model of mindfulness. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. (pdf)

Posters and Abstracts

Impact of Classroom Meditation on Mental Health of 6th Grade Students in Providence, Rhode Island
Lepp, N.E., Britton, W.B., Bhatnagar, R.
-2009 Brown University Public Health Research Day
winner of 1st prize graduate student poster
- 2008 Brown University Public Health Research Day
winner of 1st prize graduate student poster

Zen Meditation Class Promotes Increased Positive Word Recall
Roberts-Wolf, D., Sacchet, M., Itzoe, M., Britton, W.B. (2009)
Brown University Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior’s 13th Annual Research Symposium
winner of 2nd prize research assistant poster

The Role Of Mindfulness in the Treatment of Female Sexual Dysfunction
Silverstein, G.,  Ziemba, L., Devlin, K., Anderson, Rothamel, K., Coleman, C., Britton, W.B. (2009)
Brown University Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior’s 13th Annual Research Symposium

Depressed Patients Prefer Single-Pointed Concentration Practice Which May Reduce Depression Via Increased Physiological Activation
Darling, E., Britton, W.B. (2009)
6th Annual Conference on Integrating Mindfulness-Based Interventions into Medicine, Health Care, and Society

School-based Mindfulness Training as a Novel Delivery System for the Treatment of Depression in College Age Women.
Darling, E., Britton, W.B. (2009)
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference

Issues of “Dosage” in Meditation Research: Frequency, Duration and Intensity.
Peck, T. & Britton, W. B. (2008)
Brown University Research Day

Perspectives and Practice One Year after Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Recurrent Depression.
Darling, E., Britton, W.B. (2008)
Brown University Research Day

Cognitive Mediators in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression.
Shahar, B., Britton, W. B. (2008)
4th Annual Conference on Integrating Mindfulness-Based Interventions into Medicine, Health Care, and Society

The Impact of Mood and Sleep Disturbance on Emotional Memory in Remitted Depressed Participants.
Smith, L.J., Britton, W.B., and Bootzin, R.R. (2008)
The Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS)

The Interaction Between Depression and Sleep Complaints Affects Emotional Reactions to Stressful Events and Objective Sleep.
Ruiter, M., Britton, W.B., Bootzin, R.R. and Lichstein, K.L. (2008)
The Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS)