Research on the Relaxation Response

This is a sampling of the research papers that have been published on various aspects of the Relaxation Response. Most of the papers have links to either an abstract or the full text of the published paper.
Research Papers
Robert Keith Wallace, Herbert Benson and Archie Wilson, NIH Reference , American Journal of Physiology
Herbert Benson M.D., Bonnie P. Malvea M.D., John R. Graham M.D., NIH Reference , Headache
Herbert Benson, John F. Beary, Mark P. Carol, NIH Reference , Psychiatry
Herbert Benson, NIH Reference , The New York Academy of Sciences
Benson H, Rosner BA, Marzetta BR, Klemchuk HM, NIH Reference , The Lancet
Beary JF, Benson H, NIH Reference , Psychosomatic Medicine
Benson H, Klemchuk HP, Graham JR, NIH Reference , Headache
Benson H, Rosner BA, Marzetta BR, Klemchuk H, NIH Reference , Journal of Chronic Diseases
Benson H, Steinert RF, Greenwood MM, Klemchuk HM, Peterson NH, NIH Reference , Journal of Human Stress
Benson H, Alexander S, Feldman CL, NIH Reference , The Lancet
Benson H, Greenwood MM, Klemchuk H, NIH Reference , The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine
Greenwood MM, Benson H, NIH Reference , Behaviour Research and Therapy
Peters RK, Benson H, Porter D, NIH Reference , American Journal of Public Health
Peters RK, Benson H, Peters JM, NIH Reference , American Journal of Public Health
Benson H, Dryer T, Hartley LH, NIH Reference , Journal of Human Stress
Benson H, Frankel FH, Apfel R, Daniels MD, Schniewind HE, Nemiah JC, Sifneos PE, Crassweller KD, Greenwood MM, Kotch JB, Arns PA, Rosner B, NIH Reference , Psychottherapy and Psychosomatics
Carrington P, Collings GH Jr, Benson H, Robinson H, Wood LW, Lehrer PM, Woolfolk RL, Cole JW, NIH Reference
Benson H, Arns PA, Hoffman JW, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
Hoffman JW, Benson H, Arns PA, Stainbrook GL, Landsberg L, Young JB, Gill A, NIH Reference , Science
Benson H, Lehmann JW, Malhotra MS, Goldman RF, Hopkins J, Epstein MD, NIH Reference , Nature
Kutz I, Borysenko JZ, Benson H, NIH Reference , The American Journal of Psychiatry
Kutz I, Lesermen, J, Dorrington C, Morrison CH, Borysenko J, Benson H, NIH Reference , Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Fentress DW, Masek BJ, Mehegan JE, Benson H, NIH Reference , Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
Reduced pupillary sensitivity to topical phenylephrine associated with the relaxation response, 1986
Lehmann JW, Goodale IL, Benson H, NIH Reference , Journal of Human Stress
Stuart EM, Caudill M, Leserman J, Dorrington C, Friedman R, Benson H, NIH Reference , Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
Domar AD, Noe JM, Ransil B, Benson H, NIH Reference , Journal of Human Stress
Leserman J, Stuart EM, Mamish ME, Benson, NIH Reference , Behavioral Medicine
Leserman J, Stuart EM, Mamish ME, Deckro JP, Beckam RJ, Friedman R, Benson H, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention
Mandle CL, Domar AD, Harrington DP, Leserman J, Bozadjian EM, Friedman R, Benson H, NIH Reference , Radiology
Goodale IL, Domar AD, Benson H, NIH Reference
Domar AD, Seibel MS, Benson H, NIH Reference , Fertility and Sterility
Benson H, Malhotra MS, Goldman RF, Jacobs GD, Hopkins PJ, NIH Reference , Behavioral Medicine
Hellman CJC, Budd M, Borysenko J, McClelland DC, Benson H, NIH Reference , Behavioral Medicine
Kass JD, Friedman R, Leserman J, Zuttermeister PC, Benson H, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Kass JD, Friedman R, Leserman J, Caudill M, Zuttermeister PC, Benson H, NIH Reference , Behavioral Medicine
Caudill M, Schnable R, Zuttermeister P, Benson H, Friedman R, NIH Reference , The Clinical Journal of Pain
Myers SS, Benson H, NIH Reference , Behavioral Medicine
Domar AD, Zuttermeister P, Seibel M, Benson H, NIH Reference , Fertility and Sterility
Jacobs GD, Rosenberg PA, Friedman R, Matheson J, Guerry PM, Domar AD, Benson H, NIH Reference , Behavior Modification
Jacobs GD, Benson H, Friedman R, Behavior Therapy
Benson H, Kornhaber A, Kornhaber C, LeChanu MN, Zuttermeister PC, Myers P, Friedman R, Journal of Research & Development in Education
Jacobs GD, Benson H, NIH Reference , Biofeedback and Self-regulation
Peng CK, Mietus JE, Liu Y, Khalsa G, Douglas PS, Benson H, Goldberger AI, NIH Reference , International Journal of Cardiology
Benson H, Dusek JA, NIH Reference , The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Lazar SW, Bush G, Gollub RL, Fricchione GL, Khalsa G, Benson H, NIH Reference
Nakao M, Fricchione G, Myers P, Zuttermeister PC, Barsky AJ, Benson H, NIH Reference , Behavioral Medicine
Nakao M, Myers P, Fricchione G, Zuttermeister PC, Barsky AJ, Benson H, NIH Reference , Behavioral Medicine
Nakao M, Fricchione G, Zuttermeister PC, Myers P, Barsky AJ, Benson H, NIH Reference , Behavioral Medicine
Keefer L, Blanchard EB, NIH Reference , Behaviour Research and Therapy
Nakao M, Fricchione G, Myers P, Zuttermeister PC, Barsky AJ, Benson H, NIH Reference , Behavioral Medicine
Dusek, JA, Sherwood JB, Friedman R, Myers P, Bethea CF, Levitsky S, Hill PC, Jain, MK, Kopecki SL, Mueller PS, Lam P, Benson H, NIH Reference , American Heart Journal
Deckro GR, Ballinger KM, Hoyt M, Wilcher M, Dusek, J, Myers P, Greenberg B, Rosenthal DS, Benson H, NIH Reference , Journal of American College Health
Keefer L, Blanchard EB, NIH Reference , Behaviour Research and Therapy
Gregg D. Jacobs NIH Reference , Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine
Gregg D. Jacobs NIH Reference , NeuroReport
Jeffery A. Dusek , Hasan H. Otu , Ann L. Wohlhueter, Manoj Bhasin, Luiz F. Zerbini, Marie G. Joseph, Herbert Benson, Towia A. Libermann PLOS ONE
Rajita Sinha, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Jeffery A. Dusek, Herbert Benson, PubMed Reference , Minnesota Medicine
Britta K. Hölzel, James Carmody, Mark Vangel, Christina Congleton, Sita M. Yerramsetti, Tim Gard, and Sara W. Lazara Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging [NLM Public Access]
Fadel Zeidana, Susan K. Johnson, Bruce J. Diamond, Zhanna David, Paula Goolkasian Consciousness and Cognition
Hikaru Takeuchi, Yasuyuki Taki, Hiroshi Hashizume, Yuko Sassa, Tomomi Nagase, Rui Nouchi, Ryuta Kawashima PLOS ONE
Manoj K. Bhasin, Jeffery A. Dusek, Bei-Hung Chang, Marie G. Joseph, John W. Denninger, Gregory L. Fricchione, Herbert Benson, Towia A. Libermann PLOS ONE
Tim Gard et al Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Matthieu Ricard, Antoine Lutz, Richard J. Davidson Scientific American
Braden Kuo, Manoj Bhasin, Jolene Jacquart, Matthew A. Scult, Lauren Slipp, Eric Isaac Kagan Riklin, Veronique Lepoutre, Nicole Comosa, Beth-Ann Norton, Allison Dassatti, Jessica Rosenblum, Andrea H. Thurler, Brian C. Surjanhata, Nicole N. Hasheminejad, Leslee Kagan, Ellen Slawsby, Sowmya R. Rao, Eric A. Macklin, Gregory L. Fricchione, Herbert Benson, Towia A. Libermann, Joshua Korzenik, John W. Denninger PLOS ONE
James E. Stahl,Michelle L. Dossett, A. Scott LaJoie, John W. Denninger, Darshan H. Mehta, Roberta Goldman, Gregory L. Fricchione, Herbert Benson PLOS ONE
Luke J. Hearne, Jason B. Mattingley & Luca Cocchi Nature Scientific Reports
Manoj Bhasin, Marie Joseph et al Eureka Alert! AAAS
[Not Directly RR Related] High intelligence: A risk factor for psychological and physiological overexcitabilities, 2018
Ruth I.Karpinskia, Audrey M.Kinase, KolbabNicole A.Tetreaultc, Thomas B.Borowskid Intelligence
Manoj K. Bhasin, John W. Denninger, Jeff C. Huffman, Marie G. Joseph, Halsey Niles, Emma Chad-Friedman, Roberta Goldman, Beverly Buczynski-Kelley, Barbara A. Mahoney, Gregory L. Fricchione, Jeffery A. Dusek, Herbert Benson, Randall M. Zusman, and Towia A. Libermann Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Mutsuhiro Nakao, Journal of Clinical Medicine
David Shannahoff-Khalsa, Rodrigo Yacubian Fernandes, Carlos A. de B. Pereira, John S. March, James F. Leckman, Shahrokh Golshan, Mário S.R. Vieira, Guilherme V. Polanczyk, Euripedes C. Miguel and Roseli G. Shavitt, Frontiers in Psychiatry
Raquel Martinez, Asier Salazar-Ramirez, Andoni Arruti, Eloy Irigoyen, Jose Ignacio Martin, Javier Muguerza, IEEE Access
Christina M Luberto, Daniel L Hall, Elyse R Park, Aviad Haramati, Sian Cotton PubMed Reference , Global Advances in Health and Medicine
Abu, Bakar and SuHartatik, and Laily Hidayati, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research
Carlo Dal Lin, Mariela Marinova, Laura Brugnolo, Giorgio Rubinoa, Mario Plebani, Sabino Iliceto, Francesco Tona, Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine
Indu Aurora, John W. Denninger, Sat Bir Singh Khalsa Yoga Alliance website
[Not Directly RR Related] A synergistic mindsets intervention protects adolescents from stress, 2022
David S. Yeager, Christopher J. Bryan, James J. Gross, Jared S. Murray, Danielle Krettek Cobb, Pedro H. F. Santos, Hannah Gravelding, Meghann Johnson & Jeremy P. Jamieson Nature
[Not Directly RR Related] Neurobiology of Stress (Journal)
Various Authors Neurobiology of Stress (Open Access)
[Perhaps RR Related] Neurobiology of Stress Issue on Stress Resilience
Various Authors Neurobiology of Stress (Open Access)