Judson Brewer
Psychiatrist, neuroscientist and author
Judson Brewer is an American psychiatrist and neuroscientist who studies mindfulness and habit change. He has written The Hunger Habit and Unwinding Anxiety.
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Born 1974
About Judson Brewer
Judson Brewer is an American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, and a New York Times best-selling author. He directs research and innovation at the Mindfulness Center at Brown University, and he is also a professor at Brown's schools of public health and medicine. His research looks at how the brain forms unhelpful behavior patterns. He has built mindfulness-based programs for anxiety, addiction, smoking and emotional eating. He founded MindSciences, now called DrJud, which offers app-based programs for anxiety, overeating and smoking. His books include The Hunger Habit and Unwinding Anxiety. He has also given a TED talk titled "A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit."