Judson Alyn Brewer, MD/PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry; Medical Director, Yale Therapeutic Neuroscience Clinic
Departments & Organizations
2008 YCCI Scholars
Psychiatry: CENTURY | Division of AddictionsRecent Graduates of NRTP
Research Interests
Addiction; Cognitive Control; Mindfulness training; Relapse Prevention; Smoking Cessation; Meditation more...
Education
- M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, 2004
- Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine, 2004
- B.A., Princeton University, 5/1996
Selected Publications
- Brewer, J. A., Elwafi, H. M., Davis, J. H. (2012) “Craving to Quit: psychological models and neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness training as treatment for addictions.” Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (in press).
- Libby, D. J., Worhunsky, P. D., Pilver, C. E., J. A. Brewer. (2012) “Meditation-induced changes in high-frequency heart rate variability predict smoking outcomes.” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 6:54.
- Brewer, J. A., P. D. Worhunsky, J. R. Gray, YY Tang, J. Weber, H. Kober. (2011) “Meditation training is associated with differences in default mode network activity and connectivity.” PNAS 108(50): 20254-9.
