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133. Pay Attention! (Your Body Will Thank You)
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Ellen Langer is a psychologist at Harvard who studies the mind-body connection. She’s published some of the most remarkable scientific findings Steve has ever encountered. Can we really improve our physical health by changing our mind?
- SOURCE:
- Ellen Langer, professor of psychology at Harvard University.
- RESOURCES:
- Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing), by Sal Khan (2024).
- "F.D.A.’s Review of MDMA Cites Health Risks and Study Flaws," by Andrew Jacobs and Christina Jewett (The New York Times, 2024).
- The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health, by Ellen Langer (2023).
- "Physical Healing as a Function of Perceived Time," by Peter Aungle and Ellen Langer (Nature: Scientific Reports, 2023).
- "Aging as a Mindset: A Study Protocol to Rejuvenate Older Adults With a Counterclockwise Psychological Intervention," by Francesco Pagnini, Cesare Cavalera, Ellen Langer, et al. (BMJ Open, 2019).
- Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility, by Ellen Langer (2009).
- "Mind-Set Matters: Exercise and the Placebo Effect," by Alia Crum and Ellen Langer (2007).
- "The Effects of Choice and Enhanced Personal Responsibility for the Aged: A Field Experiment in an Institutional Setting," by Ellen Langer and Judith Rodin (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1976).
- EXTRAS:
- "The Future of Therapy Is Psychedelic," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
- "Extra: An Update on the Khan World School," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
- "Is This the Future of High School?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
- "What It Takes to Know Everything," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
- "Sal Khan: 'If It Works for 15 Cousins, It Could Work for a Billion People,'" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
- "Greg Norman & Mark Broadie: Why Golf Beats an Orgasm and Why Data Beats Everything," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
- "Caverly Morgan: 'I Am Not This Voice. I Am Not This Narrative,'" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2020).
- "Does 'As If' Thinking Really Work?" by No Stupid Questions (2020).
- "Havana Wild Weekend," S28.E7 of The Simpsons (2016).
157 episodes
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Manage episode 422479045 series 2773423
Content provided by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Ellen Langer is a psychologist at Harvard who studies the mind-body connection. She’s published some of the most remarkable scientific findings Steve has ever encountered. Can we really improve our physical health by changing our mind?
- SOURCE:
- Ellen Langer, professor of psychology at Harvard University.
- RESOURCES:
- Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing), by Sal Khan (2024).
- "F.D.A.’s Review of MDMA Cites Health Risks and Study Flaws," by Andrew Jacobs and Christina Jewett (The New York Times, 2024).
- The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health, by Ellen Langer (2023).
- "Physical Healing as a Function of Perceived Time," by Peter Aungle and Ellen Langer (Nature: Scientific Reports, 2023).
- "Aging as a Mindset: A Study Protocol to Rejuvenate Older Adults With a Counterclockwise Psychological Intervention," by Francesco Pagnini, Cesare Cavalera, Ellen Langer, et al. (BMJ Open, 2019).
- Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility, by Ellen Langer (2009).
- "Mind-Set Matters: Exercise and the Placebo Effect," by Alia Crum and Ellen Langer (2007).
- "The Effects of Choice and Enhanced Personal Responsibility for the Aged: A Field Experiment in an Institutional Setting," by Ellen Langer and Judith Rodin (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1976).
- EXTRAS:
- "The Future of Therapy Is Psychedelic," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
- "Extra: An Update on the Khan World School," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
- "Is This the Future of High School?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
- "What It Takes to Know Everything," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
- "Sal Khan: 'If It Works for 15 Cousins, It Could Work for a Billion People,'" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
- "Greg Norman & Mark Broadie: Why Golf Beats an Orgasm and Why Data Beats Everything," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2021).
- "Caverly Morgan: 'I Am Not This Voice. I Am Not This Narrative,'" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2020).
- "Does 'As If' Thinking Really Work?" by No Stupid Questions (2020).
- "Havana Wild Weekend," S28.E7 of The Simpsons (2016).
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