Ellen J. Langer

Ellen J. 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. In this thought-provoking book, her research has been "translated" for the lay reader. With anecdotes and metaphors, Langer explains how the mindless--as opposed to the mindful--develop mindsets of categories, associations, habits of thought born of repetition in childhood and throughout schooling. To be mindful, she notes, stressing process over outcome, allows free rein to intuition and creativity, and opens us to new information and perspectives. Langer discusses the negative impact of mindsets on business and social relations, showing special concern for the elderly, who often suffer from learned helplessness and lack of options. Encouraging the application of mindfulness to health, the author affirms that placebos and alternative, mind-based therapies can help patients and addicts move from unhealthy to healthy contexts.

If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? For more than thirty years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now, in Counterclockwise, she presents the answer: Opening our minds to what’s possible, instead of presuming impossibility, can lead to better health–at any age.Drawing on landmark work in the field and her own body of colorful and highly original experiments–including the first detailed discussion of her “counterclockwise” study, in which elderly men lived for a week as though it was 1959 and showed dramatic improvements in their hearing, memory, dexterity, appetite, and general well-being–Langer shows that the magic of rejuvenation and ongoing good health lies in being aware of the ways we mindlessly react to social and cultural cues. Examining the hidden decisions and vocabulary that shape the medical world (“chronic” versus “acute,” “cure” versus “remission”), the powerful physical effects of placebos, and the intricate but often defeatist ways we define our physical health, Langer challenges the idea that the limits we assume and impose on ourselves are real. With only subtle shifts in our thinking, in our language, and in our expectations, she tells us, we can begin to change the ingrained behaviors that sap health, optimism, and vitality from our lives. Improved vision, younger appearance, weight loss, and increased longevity are just four of the results that Langer has demonstrated.Immensely readable and riveting, Counterclockwise offers a transformative and bold new paradigm: the psychology of possibility. A hopeful and groundbreaking book by an author who has changed how people all over the world think and feel, Counterclockwise is sure to join Mindfulness as a standard source on new-century science and healing.

Learn how adjusting your thoughts can change your health—from the “mother of mindfulness” and first female tenured professor of psychology at Harvard.“What matters mind or body? Filled with original research and thought-provoking insights, The Mindful Body shows that the two are not just connected but are actually one, opening us to vast potential for health and happiness.”—Dan Ariely, New York Times bestselling author of Predictably IrrationalWhen it comes to our health, we tend to live our lives as though our ailments—our stiff knees or frayed nerves or diminished eyesight—can change only in one for the worse. Award-winning social psychologist Ellen J. Langer’s life’s work proves the fault in this negative outlook as well as the healing power of its mindfulness—the process of active noticing where we are not bound by past experience or conventional wisdom.In The Mindful Body, Dr. Langer unpacks her assumption-busting findings and outlines her bold new theory of mind-body unity, along the way clearly demonstrating how our thoughts and perspectives have the potential to profoundly shape our well-being. Whether it is hotel chambermaids who lost weight when they simply came to see that their work constituted exercise, or patients whose wounds healed faster in rooms with accelerated clocks, she shows how influential our thoughts are to the state of our bodies. Her work has likewise proven that discouraging health news can have negative effects. Learning you are prediabetic, for example—even if your blood sugar reading is only a fraction away from “normal”—may actually play a part in the development of the disease.A paradigm-shifting book by one of the great psychologists of the twenty-first century, The Mindful Body returns the control over our bodies back to us and reveals that a true understanding of health begins with our minds.

Radical in its implications, this original and important work may change forever the views we hold about the nature of learning. In The Power of Mindful Learning, Ellen Langer uses her innovative theory of mindulness, introduced in her influential earlier book, to dramatically enhance the way we learn. In business, sports, laboratories, or at home, our learning is hobbled by certain antiquated and pervasive misconceptions. In this pithy, liberating, and delightful book she gives us a fresh, new view of learning in the broadest sense. Such familiar notions as delayed gratification, ”the basics”, or even ”right answers”, are all incapacitating myths which Langer explodes one by one. She replaces them with her concept of mindful or conditional learning which she demonstrates, with fascinating examples from her research, to be extraordinarily effective. Mindful learning takes place with an awareness of context and of the ever-changing nature of information. Learning without this awareness, as Langer shows convincingly, has severely limited uses and often sets on up for failure.With stunning applications to skills as diverse as paying attention, CPR, investment analysis, psychotherapy, or playing a musical instrument, The Power of Mindful Learning is for all who are curious and intellectually adventurous.

“All it takes to become an artist is to start doing art.”–from On Becoming an ArtistOn Becoming an Artist is loaded with good news. Backed by her landmark scientific work on mindfulness and artistic nature, bestselling author and Harvard psychologist Ellen J. Langer shows us that creativity is not a rare gift that only some special few are born with, but rather an integral part of everyone’s makeup. All of us can express our creative impulses– authentically and uniquely–and, in the process, enrich our lives.Why then do so many of us merely dream of someday painting, someday writing, someday making music? Why do we think the same old thoughts, harbor the same old prejudices, stay stuck in the same old mud? Who taught us to think “inside the box”? No one is more qualified to answer these questions than Dr. Langer, who has explored their every facet for years. She describes dozens of fascinating experiments–her own and those of her colleagues–that are designed to study mindfulness and its relation to human creativity, and she shares the profound implications of the results–for our well-being, health, and happiness.Langer reveals myriad insights, among them: We think we should already know what only firsthand experience can teach us. . . . In learning the ways that all roses are alike, we risk becoming blind to their differences. . . . If we are mindfully creative, the circumstances of the moment will tell us what to do. . . . Those of us who are less evaluatively inclined experience less guilt, less regret, less blame, and tend to like ourselves more. . . . Uncertainty gives us the freedom to discover meaning. . . . Finally, what we think we’re sure of may not even exist.With the skill of a gifted logician, Langer demonstrates exactly how we undervalue ourselves and undermine our creativity. By example, she persuades us to have faith in our creative works, not because someone else approves of them but because they’re a true expression of ourselves. Her high-spirited, challenging book sparkles with wit and intelligence and inspires in us an infectious enthusiasm for our creations, our world, and ourselves. It can be of lifelong value to everyone who reads it.From the Hardcover edition.

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This book is the culmination of research on mindlessness and mindfulness conducted by Dr. Langer over the past 35 years. Each of the one-liners in this book has been derived from this research and paired together with original artwork created over the past 17 years. When we become more mindful, we become happier, healthier, and more effective. It is literally and figuratively enlivening. Thinking about what each one means should itself promote mindfulness and encourage a more artful life.

Langer uses her orginal field research to show the impact of a person′s sense of control on their mental and physical well being. The book begins by dealing with general issues, refining our concept of what a sense of control is, showing how it differs from power, choice, or ability to predict events. Chapters in the second section show how people lose and regain control in everyday asking a favour, taking precautions against burglary. The third section shows the effects that loss of control have on the elderly, and the benefits and adverse effects of treatments that increased their sense of control. ′This material can be strongly recommended to those who are involved in the management of the chronic sick, the elderly

Stories and exercises for middle schoolers to become more mindful.

Ellen J. Langer, autora del bestseller Mindfulness, nos presenta un método práctico con el que aprenderemos a transformar nuestros pensamientos para conseguir una salud crónica. Tendemos a pensar que, a lo largo de la vida, nuestras dolencias —los nervios crispados, la pérdida de visión, las articulaciones rígidas— solo pueden ir a peor. No obstante, la galardonada psicóloga Ellen J. Langer rechaza esta perspectiva tan negativa y nos anima a descubrir el poder curativo del mindfulness. En El cuerpo consciente, la doctora Langer expone sus hallazgos y nos descubre su teoría sobre la conexión Langer afirma que nuestros pensamientos y perspectivas pueden influir en nuestro bienestar y, a través de ejemplos concretos, nos demuestra que si adoptamos un enfoque positivo sobre las noticias de nuestra salud o sobre nuestra manera de entender el ejercicio cotidiano, podemos mejorar considerablemente nuestro estado físico. El cuerpo consciente nos ofrece un cambio de paradigma absoluto de la mano de una de las grandes psicólogas del siglo XXI que nos devuelve el control sobre nuestros cuerpos y revela que la verdadera comprensión de la salud empieza en nuestras mentes.

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Harvard Professor Ellen Langer opens new horizons with her book ""Wake Up! Time to Break Free from Stereotypes"". This exploration of mindfulness, filled with experiments involving children, animals, musicians, and artists, demonstrates how our perceptions influence everyday life and creative approaches. Allow yourself to reshape your thinking, free from conditioned assessments, and discover new dimensions in routine processes. This book is your guide to a world of mindfulness where every moment of life carries value and new opportunities.Join the thousands who have transformed their lives using Professor Langer's methods. Your personal renaissance starts here!

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En este libro sin duda fascinante, como ya se han encargado de destacar tanto la crítica como los lectores norteamericanos, la doctora Langer demuestra que los jóvenes pueden ser más creativos, que los hombres activos pueden alcanzar aún un mayor grado de eficiencia y que las personas de la tercera edad no tienen por qué dejarse abrumar por los años. Todo depende del grado en que sepamos combatir la pérdida de control sobre nuestra vida, del modo en que afrontemos nuestro universo cotidiano y nuestra profesión, la relación entre nuestros estados mentales y nuestros actos. Al dirigir la atención hacia aspectos de nosotros mismos que habitualmente ignoramos, la autora nos conduce hacia nuevos y sorprendentes nos enseña a desembarazarnos de la robotización que a veces rige nuestras vidas (obligándonos a actuar desde una sola perspectiva, con una limitadísima autoimagen y un considerable atrofiamiento de las capacidades) y nos informa acerca de la creación de nuevas categorías mentales, nuevos puntos de vista, nuevas informaciones que nos convertirán en más receptivos y nos ayudarán a superar ciertos esquematismos para vivir, trabajar y envejecer con la mayor dignidad posible.

Appuyé sur 25 ans d'étude de la Mindfulness, l'ouvrage montre au lecteur les puissants effets de la Pleine Conscience dans tous les domaines de sa vie. Très pédagogique, il fait prendre conscience de son apport en opposant l'état de Conscience Pleine et celui de Conscience vide ou absente, que l'on peut comparer à la différence entre une lampe allumée ou éteinte dans le noir !

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El grueso de las noticias que forman parte de los noticiarios televisivos pertenece al ámbito de los asuntos políticos o sociales. Pero también hay noticias sobre incendios, inundaciones, accidentes de tráfico, actos &@171;heroicos&@187; realizados por personas corrientes, tragedias personales o la influencia del tiempo atm osférico en la vida de todos nosotros. En este libro, John Langer argumenta que, si de verdad se pretende estudiar el periodismo televisivo en todos sus ámbitos, esas &@171;otras&@187; noticias deben ser tratadas con el mismo interés que se concede a las consideradas más &@171;importantes&@187;.El libro lleva a cabo una detallada lectura textual de esas noticias entendidas como forma de discurso cultural relacionado con la tradición oral, los cotilleos, la memoria social, las películas de terror, la identidad nacional, la fascinación por los desastres y el culto a la fama. Y termina planteando preguntas trascendentales acerca de su poder representativo y examinando el papel político que desempeñan en esta época de televisión &@171;documental&@187; y reality shows, todo ello en una obra que ya ha sido considerada la contribución más original e importante de los últimos tiempos al estudio de las noticias televisivas.