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Ellen J. Langer • The Power of Mindful Learning (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)
single perspective.
Ellen J. Langer • The Power of Mindful Learning (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)
He cites research by Harvard social psychologist Ellen Langer in her 2009 book Counterclockwise , that suggests that by creating a “reminiscence bump” for residents of their own past college experiences, university-based communities may even help to “reverse” ageing. “You are as young as you feel. If you put people in their past environments,” he s... See more
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work-life integration.
Ellen J. Langer • The Power of Mindful Learning (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)
In old age, mindfulness can increase health by saving us from a diminishing sense of authorship of our stories. In a 1976 experiment by Langer and her colleagues, a number of elderly residents in a nursing home were given houseplants to look after and water. They were also encouraged to make decisions for themselves, such as where to receive visito
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Ellen J. Langer • The Power of Mindful Learning (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)
entrapment in old categories;