Dr. Ellen Langer

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?

I'm right-handed.

I'm right-handed.

I'm right-handed.

Oh, interesting, because I'm sort of ambidextrous, mostly right-handed. But people don't realize that if you're using your right hand, it's controlled by the left part of your brain, your left hand, the right part of your brain. And wouldn't it be nice to exercise both parts of our brain? And so we're doing research where we get people – this is really interesting because it's not just using –

Oh, interesting, because I'm sort of ambidextrous, mostly right-handed. But people don't realize that if you're using your right hand, it's controlled by the left part of your brain, your left hand, the right part of your brain. And wouldn't it be nice to exercise both parts of our brain? And so we're doing research where we get people – this is really interesting because it's not just using –

Oh, interesting, because I'm sort of ambidextrous, mostly right-handed. But people don't realize that if you're using your right hand, it's controlled by the left part of your brain, your left hand, the right part of your brain. And wouldn't it be nice to exercise both parts of our brain? And so we're doing research where we get people – this is really interesting because it's not just using –

So this work was begun, gosh, I can't tell you how many years ago, and for one reason or another never got finished. Initially, it was just getting people to use their right or their left hand. Now it's more sophisticated where it's using your left hand with an awareness that you're using it or not. And I think that the effect on the brain will only obtain if you're aware.

So this work was begun, gosh, I can't tell you how many years ago, and for one reason or another never got finished. Initially, it was just getting people to use their right or their left hand. Now it's more sophisticated where it's using your left hand with an awareness that you're using it or not. And I think that the effect on the brain will only obtain if you're aware.

So this work was begun, gosh, I can't tell you how many years ago, and for one reason or another never got finished. Initially, it was just getting people to use their right or their left hand. Now it's more sophisticated where it's using your left hand with an awareness that you're using it or not. And I think that the effect on the brain will only obtain if you're aware.

I don't see how it could be otherwise, actually. But to go back to the doctor telling you how long it's going to heal, it tends to be now a self-fulfilling prophecy. So given that doctors have this influence over us, they need to be more responsible in the information they're given. And we can't know how long it's going to take to heal. People today are different from people 20 years ago.

I don't see how it could be otherwise, actually. But to go back to the doctor telling you how long it's going to heal, it tends to be now a self-fulfilling prophecy. So given that doctors have this influence over us, they need to be more responsible in the information they're given. And we can't know how long it's going to take to heal. People today are different from people 20 years ago.

I don't see how it could be otherwise, actually. But to go back to the doctor telling you how long it's going to heal, it tends to be now a self-fulfilling prophecy. So given that doctors have this influence over us, they need to be more responsible in the information they're given. And we can't know how long it's going to take to heal. People today are different from people 20 years ago.

They ate different things. The activities were different. The air was different and so on. And so from where are these norms derived? In fact, whenever I speak to anybody, I get lots of calls from people who were given these dread diagnoses. And the first thing I tell them is it takes so long to do these studies. And then it takes forever to analyze the data.

They ate different things. The activities were different. The air was different and so on. And so from where are these norms derived? In fact, whenever I speak to anybody, I get lots of calls from people who were given these dread diagnoses. And the first thing I tell them is it takes so long to do these studies. And then it takes forever to analyze the data.

They ate different things. The activities were different. The air was different and so on. And so from where are these norms derived? In fact, whenever I speak to anybody, I get lots of calls from people who were given these dread diagnoses. And the first thing I tell them is it takes so long to do these studies. And then it takes forever to analyze the data.

And then it takes another forever to publish it. And then eventually when you're going to hear about it, it's already old news. So the information you're reading now was true for people who lived 10 years ago. Ten years is a lot. A lot of things happening.

And then it takes another forever to publish it. And then eventually when you're going to hear about it, it's already old news. So the information you're reading now was true for people who lived 10 years ago. Ten years is a lot. A lot of things happening.

And then it takes another forever to publish it. And then eventually when you're going to hear about it, it's already old news. So the information you're reading now was true for people who lived 10 years ago. Ten years is a lot. A lot of things happening.

And always with the intention of getting people to be less absolute in their understanding of any of this so that they can imagine all sorts of possibilities. But even the thing that I just said a moment before, that it's important for people to realize the advantage in using their left hand if they're right-handed or their right hand if they're left-handed.