She is also coeditor of higher stages of development and beliefs, attitudes and decision making. Harvard university, department of psychology, 33 kirkland street cambridge, ma 028 contact. Her most influential work is counterclockwise, published in 2009, which answers the questions of aging from her. Ellen langer, a professor at harvard, is also the mother of the psychological concept of mindfulness. Mindfulness the revolutionary book that showed how mindfulness can be applied to every aspect of our livesthe highly innovative findings of social psychologist dr.
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Ellen langer is a social psychologist and the first female professor to gain tenure in the psychology department at harvard university. Atul gawande, md, author of complications, harvard medical school no one in the history of psychology has done more than ellen langer in showing the power mindfulness can give us over our health and happiness. Langer studies the illusion of control, decisionmaking, aging, and mindfulness theory. Harvard psychology professor ellen langer showed that mental attitude can reverse the effects of aging permalink nov 1. The revolutionary book that showed how mindfulness can be applied to every aspect of. Langer, harvard professor of psychology, determines that the mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much error, pain, and a predetermined course of life. Mindfulness ebook published december 25th 2014 by da capo lifelong books ebook authors. Mindfulness has been shown to reduce stress, increase charisma, and improve sales. Ellen langer, phd, professor of psychology at harvard university, is the author the psychology of control, mindfulness, the power of mindful learning, on becoming an artist, and counterclockwise.
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