Publications
Journal Articles
Van Dam, Nicholas T., Targett, Jessica, Davies, Jonathan N., Burger, Alex and Galante, Julieta (2025). Incidence and predictors of meditation-related unusual experiences and adverse effects in a representative sample of meditators in the United States. Clinical Psychological Science, 13 (3), 632-648. doi: 10.1177/21677026241298269
Day, Melissa A., Davies, Jonathan N., Walker, Claire, Kim, Jeffrey and Meyer-Junco, Laura (2024). Author spotlight: Melissa Day, PhD, Jonathan Davies, PhD, Claire Walker, BSc (Hons), Jeffrey Kim, PhD. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, 38 (3), 195-198. doi: 10.1080/15360288.2024.2412495
Davies, Jonathan N., Faschinger, Anna, Galante, Julieta and Van Dam, Nicholas T. (2024). Prevalence and 20-year trends in meditation, yoga, guided imagery and progressive relaxation use among US adults from 2002 to 2022. Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 14987, 14987. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-64562-y
Van Dam, Nicholas T., Targett, Jessica, Burger, Alex, Davies, Jonathan N. and Galante, Julieta (2024). Development and validation of the Inventory of Meditation Experiences (IME). Mindfulness, 15 (6), 1429-1442. doi: 10.1007/s12671-024-02384-9
Davies, Jonathan N., Colagiuri, Ben, Sharpe, Louise and Day, Melissa A. (2023). Placebo effects contribute to brief online mindfulness interventions for chronic pain: results from an online randomized sham-controlled trial. Pain, 164 (10), 2273-2284. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002928
Bowles, Nicholas I., Davies, Jonathan N. and Dam, Nicholas T. Van (2023). Correction to: Dose–response Relationship of Reported Lifetime Meditation Practice with Mental Health and Wellbeing: a Cross-sectional Study. Mindfulness, 14 (9), 2287-2289. doi: 10.1007/s12671-023-02200-w
Day, Melissa A., Matthews, Natasha, Davies, Jonathan N., Walker, Claire, Bray, Nicola, Kim, Jeffrey and Jensen, Mark P. (2023). Outcome expectancies, effects, and mechanisms of brief training in mindfulness meditation vs. loving-kindness meditation vs a control condition for pain management: a randomized pilot study. Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, 38 (3), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/15360288.2022.2141944
Davies, Jonathan N., Sharpe, Louise, Day, Melissa A. and Colagiuri, Ben (2022). How do placebo effects contribute to mindfulness-based analgesia? Probing acute pain effects and interactions using a randomized balanced placebo design. Pain, 163 (10), 1967-1977. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002593
Bowles, Nicholas I., Davies, Jonathan N. and Van Dam, Nicholas T. (2022). Dose–response relationship of reported lifetime meditation practice with mental health and wellbeing: a cross-sectional study. Mindfulness, 13 (10), 2529-2546. doi: 10.1007/s12671-022-01977-6
Davies, Jonathan N., Sharpe, Louise, Day, Melissa A. and Colagiuri, Ben (2021). Mindfulness-based analgesia or placebo effect? The development and evaluation of a sham mindfulness intervention for acute experimental pain. Psychosomatic Medicine, 83 (6), 557-565. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000886
Shires, Alice, Sharpe, Louise, Davies, Jonathan N. and Newton-John, Toby R.O. (2020). The efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions in acute pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain, 161 (8), 1698-1707. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001877
Heming, Ethan A., Choo, Ryan, Davies, Jonathan N. and Kiss, Zelma H.T. (2011). Designing a thalamic somatosensory neural prosthesis: Consistency and persistence of percepts evoked by electrical stimulation. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 19 (5) 5776684, 477-482. doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2011.2152858
Davies, Jonathan N., Jarvis, Scott E. and Zamponi, Gerald W. (2011). Bipartite syntaxin 1A interactions mediate CaV2.2 calcium channel regulation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 411 (3), 562-568. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.06.185
Davies, Jonathan N. and Zamponi, Gerald W. (2008). Old proteins, developing roles: The regulation of calcium channels by synaptic proteins. Channels, 2 (2), 130-138. doi: 10.4161/chan.2.2.6214
Noakes, P. G., Smallcombe, K., Arata, A., Obata, A., Davies, J. and Bellingham, M. C. (2007). GABA-deficient mice produce regional alterations in motoneuron survival during neural development. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 27 (33).