Dr. Ellen Langer
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And I ask him, why are you laughing? He said, because that's chicken. You ate the pancreas a long time ago. So I made myself sick. Okay. The other side of that, my mother had breast cancer that had metastasized to her pancreas, and then magically it was gone. Somehow she had made herself well.
And I ask him, why are you laughing? He said, because that's chicken. You ate the pancreas a long time ago. So I made myself sick. Okay. The other side of that, my mother had breast cancer that had metastasized to her pancreas, and then magically it was gone. Somehow she had made herself well.
So I had many of these sorts of experiences, and talk about, you know, mind, I've been talking about this since, gosh, when did we first, since 79. So now people are talking about mind-body connection. It's not a connection. If you're talking about a connection between two things, it says they're separate, and you still have to deal with what's connecting them.
So I had many of these sorts of experiences, and talk about, you know, mind, I've been talking about this since, gosh, when did we first, since 79. So now people are talking about mind-body connection. It's not a connection. If you're talking about a connection between two things, it says they're separate, and you still have to deal with what's connecting them.
So I had many of these sorts of experiences, and talk about, you know, mind, I've been talking about this since, gosh, when did we first, since 79. So now people are talking about mind-body connection. It's not a connection. If you're talking about a connection between two things, it says they're separate, and you still have to deal with what's connecting them.
When you put them back together, it's one thing. You don't have to deal with that mediator. And so the study you're asking me about, which I'm surprised, I'm having a junior moment, but I actually remembered the question you asked rather than a senior moment, that before I tell you about the study with Ali, the first study we did testing this mind-body unity was a counterclockwise study.
When you put them back together, it's one thing. You don't have to deal with that mediator. And so the study you're asking me about, which I'm surprised, I'm having a junior moment, but I actually remembered the question you asked rather than a senior moment, that before I tell you about the study with Ali, the first study we did testing this mind-body unity was a counterclockwise study.
When you put them back together, it's one thing. You don't have to deal with that mediator. And so the study you're asking me about, which I'm surprised, I'm having a junior moment, but I actually remembered the question you asked rather than a senior moment, that before I tell you about the study with Ali, the first study we did testing this mind-body unity was a counterclockwise study.
So here what we did was we took elderly men, we were going to have them live in a retreat that had been retrofitted to 20 years earlier and had them live there as if they were their younger selves. So they talked about things from the past as if they were just unfolding. The results were incredible.
So here what we did was we took elderly men, we were going to have them live in a retreat that had been retrofitted to 20 years earlier and had them live there as if they were their younger selves. So they talked about things from the past as if they were just unfolding. The results were incredible.
So here what we did was we took elderly men, we were going to have them live in a retreat that had been retrofitted to 20 years earlier and had them live there as if they were their younger selves. So they talked about things from the past as if they were just unfolding. The results were incredible.
Their vision improved, their hearing improved, their memory, their strength, and they looked noticeably younger. So that was very exciting and began all this mind-body unity work. Now comes the study that you're talking about with Allie.
Their vision improved, their hearing improved, their memory, their strength, and they looked noticeably younger. So that was very exciting and began all this mind-body unity work. Now comes the study that you're talking about with Allie.
Their vision improved, their hearing improved, their memory, their strength, and they looked noticeably younger. So that was very exciting and began all this mind-body unity work. Now comes the study that you're talking about with Allie.
where in a conversation that she and I had, she was my student, and she made proclamations about exercise and any proclamation, this is the short answer to your question, anybody proclaims anything, my mind immediately goes, so when might not that be true? I'm starting to pick up on that. It's a gimmick, I guess. It's a gift is what it is.
where in a conversation that she and I had, she was my student, and she made proclamations about exercise and any proclamation, this is the short answer to your question, anybody proclaims anything, my mind immediately goes, so when might not that be true? I'm starting to pick up on that. It's a gimmick, I guess. It's a gift is what it is.
where in a conversation that she and I had, she was my student, and she made proclamations about exercise and any proclamation, this is the short answer to your question, anybody proclaims anything, my mind immediately goes, so when might not that be true? I'm starting to pick up on that. It's a gimmick, I guess. It's a gift is what it is.
And so the question was that how important was the understanding of exercise to the effects of exercise? So we take chambermaids. And interestingly, the first question we asked is how much exercise do you get? And they say they don't get very much exercise because to them exercise is what you do after work. That's what the Surgeon General who sits behind a desk all day says.
And so the question was that how important was the understanding of exercise to the effects of exercise? So we take chambermaids. And interestingly, the first question we asked is how much exercise do you get? And they say they don't get very much exercise because to them exercise is what you do after work. That's what the Surgeon General who sits behind a desk all day says.
And so the question was that how important was the understanding of exercise to the effects of exercise? So we take chambermaids. And interestingly, the first question we asked is how much exercise do you get? And they say they don't get very much exercise because to them exercise is what you do after work. That's what the Surgeon General who sits behind a desk all day says.