Richard j davidson biography definition

American psychologist

For other people named Richard Davidson, see Richard Davidson (disambiguation).

Richard J. Davidson (born December 12, 1951) is an American psychologist and professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as well as founder and chair of the Center for Healthy Minds and the affiliated non-profit Healthy Minds Innovations.

Early life and education

Born to a Jewish family^[1] in Brooklyn,^[2] Richard "Richie" Davidson attended Midwood High School. While there, between 1968–1971, he worked as a summer research assistant in the sleep laboratory at nearby Maimonides Medical Center^[2] cleaning electrodes that had been affixed to subjects' bodies for sleep studies.^[3]

Davidson went on to receive his B.A.

in Psychology from NYU (Heights) in 1972.^[2][4][5][6] and studied at Harvard University to work with Daniel Goleman and Gary Schwar