Dr. Ellen Langer

And so if you took the 50-year-old and they spent even a short time in that building where it's colder than usual because there's less oxygen in your blood, your field of vision narrows, that they would expand each of their abilities at a time that it's easy. But the problem with that was a 50-year-old doesn't want to imagine being 80 years old.

And so if you took the 50-year-old and they spent even a short time in that building where it's colder than usual because there's less oxygen in your blood, your field of vision narrows, that they would expand each of their abilities at a time that it's easy. But the problem with that was a 50-year-old doesn't want to imagine being 80 years old.

And so if you took the 50-year-old and they spent even a short time in that building where it's colder than usual because there's less oxygen in your blood, your field of vision narrows, that they would expand each of their abilities at a time that it's easy. But the problem with that was a 50-year-old doesn't want to imagine being 80 years old.

I love this experiment so much. Peter Ungle and I did this when a graduate student. We inflict a wound. Now, it would have been more dramatic if we could really cut you up, but we're not sadists, and even if we were, the review committees wouldn't let us do it. So it's a minor wound, but it's still a wound. And we have people individually sitting in front of a clock,

I love this experiment so much. Peter Ungle and I did this when a graduate student. We inflict a wound. Now, it would have been more dramatic if we could really cut you up, but we're not sadists, and even if we were, the review committees wouldn't let us do it. So it's a minor wound, but it's still a wound. And we have people individually sitting in front of a clock,

I love this experiment so much. Peter Ungle and I did this when a graduate student. We inflict a wound. Now, it would have been more dramatic if we could really cut you up, but we're not sadists, and even if we were, the review committees wouldn't let us do it. So it's a minor wound, but it's still a wound. And we have people individually sitting in front of a clock,

unbeknownst to them, for a third of the people, the clock is going twice as fast as real time. For another third of the people, it's going half as fast as real time. And for the last third, it's going real time. And the question is, most people would assume that one's going to heal. How that one heals has nothing to do with the perception of time.

unbeknownst to them, for a third of the people, the clock is going twice as fast as real time. For another third of the people, it's going half as fast as real time. And for the last third, it's going real time. And the question is, most people would assume that one's going to heal. How that one heals has nothing to do with the perception of time.

unbeknownst to them, for a third of the people, the clock is going twice as fast as real time. For another third of the people, it's going half as fast as real time. And for the last third, it's going real time. And the question is, most people would assume that one's going to heal. How that one heals has nothing to do with the perception of time.

But it turns out that it healed based on clock time. Now, when you add that to some of the things that we've already said, you end up with a very different picture. You broke your arm and you ask the doctor, how long is it going to take to heal? How does he know or she know? I mean, it's a ridiculous question. Lots of people have broken arms.

But it turns out that it healed based on clock time. Now, when you add that to some of the things that we've already said, you end up with a very different picture. You broke your arm and you ask the doctor, how long is it going to take to heal? How does he know or she know? I mean, it's a ridiculous question. Lots of people have broken arms.

But it turns out that it healed based on clock time. Now, when you add that to some of the things that we've already said, you end up with a very different picture. You broke your arm and you ask the doctor, how long is it going to take to heal? How does he know or she know? I mean, it's a ridiculous question. Lots of people have broken arms.

You know, even if this were somebody who studied broken arms and he stopped studying yesterday, today there are new people with broken arms that might have different rates of healing. But people give an answer. And depending on the way the doctor gives that answer, I think it's important. The doctor says it's going to take you, and I'm making this, I don't know how long it'll take.

You know, even if this were somebody who studied broken arms and he stopped studying yesterday, today there are new people with broken arms that might have different rates of healing. But people give an answer. And depending on the way the doctor gives that answer, I think it's important. The doctor says it's going to take you, and I'm making this, I don't know how long it'll take.

You know, even if this were somebody who studied broken arms and he stopped studying yesterday, today there are new people with broken arms that might have different rates of healing. But people give an answer. And depending on the way the doctor gives that answer, I think it's important. The doctor says it's going to take you, and I'm making this, I don't know how long it'll take.

It's going to take you a month. You organize yourself in such a way that it's going to take a month. But I think if the doctor instead, which is what I would recommend, said, we really don't know. Some people heal faster than others. The fastest healing time that I personally know of is, let's say, two weeks. And if you can heal faster than that, then good for you. And if not, it's fine also.

It's going to take you a month. You organize yourself in such a way that it's going to take a month. But I think if the doctor instead, which is what I would recommend, said, we really don't know. Some people heal faster than others. The fastest healing time that I personally know of is, let's say, two weeks. And if you can heal faster than that, then good for you. And if not, it's fine also.

It's going to take you a month. You organize yourself in such a way that it's going to take a month. But I think if the doctor instead, which is what I would recommend, said, we really don't know. Some people heal faster than others. The fastest healing time that I personally know of is, let's say, two weeks. And if you can heal faster than that, then good for you. And if not, it's fine also.

Because there are advantages to not healing that people don't realize. If you've broken your right arm and it's taking a long time to heal, that means you're using your left arm. And if you're using your left arm, you're exercising the right side of your brain, which is going to be good for many tests. I don't know how we ended up right-handed or left-handed. Are you ambidextrous?

Because there are advantages to not healing that people don't realize. If you've broken your right arm and it's taking a long time to heal, that means you're using your left arm. And if you're using your left arm, you're exercising the right side of your brain, which is going to be good for many tests. I don't know how we ended up right-handed or left-handed. Are you ambidextrous?