Dr. Ellen Langer
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The physical body.
We had to inflict a wound.
I'm not sadistic.
And even if I were, the Human Subjects Committee is not going to let me.
So it's a minor wound.
Sure.
But it's a wound.
A little cut, a paper cut or something like that.
No, we used the Chinese cupping technique.
Okay.
And all we have are people in front of a clock.
It's like a bruise almost.
Yeah, exactly.
Unbeknownst to them, the clock is going twice as fast as real time, half as fast as real time, or real time.
The question we're asking is, does that bruise heal based on perceived time, which is the time the clock tells you, or real time?
And it turns out it's perceived time.
Come on.
Yeah.
And we're doing this now with people who have had a hernia operations, cataract surgery.
I want to do with broken bones as well, where we tell people right now, you know, the doctor probably tell you, say, how long is it going to take for me to heal?