At the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, a research hub founded in 2008 within the Waisman Center at UW-Madison, researchers probe positive attributes such as compassion and contentment. A Waisman preschool study is attempting to determine whether children can be taught, in a statistically significant way, to be kinder. It is among the main research projects under way at the center, and it has hit a nerve with parents. “They?re wildly enthusiastic,” said UW-Madison neuroscientist Richard Davidson, center founder. “I get barraged by requests on a weekly basis from parents wanting to know if they can enroll their children in this program or if we can come to their school.”
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