Dr. Ellen Langer

So as well as we could, we took them back in time.

In a period less than a week, what we found was their vision improved, their hearing improved, their memory, their strength, and they looked noticeably younger.

What?

All without any medical intervention.

So it was very exciting.

Now, this is a famous study, Mel, and as I'm fond of saying, isn't it obnoxious for me to call my own study famous?

No, because if you turn on The Simpsons Go to Havana, they talk about the study.

So that study has been out there for a while now.

What it tells me is that our thoughts are preventing all sorts of very positive behaviors.

You know, what happens is, so you go to the doctor and you take the Snelling eye chart.

A who?

It doesn't matter.

You look at the eye chart.

Yes, okay.

Now, a normal person...

Just answers what letter is.

For me, I say, wait a second.

This thing is rigged.

As you go down, they're creating the expectation for me that soon I'm not going to be able to see.

I said, what would happen if we reverse the eye chart where now the letters get larger and larger, thereby changing my expectation to soon I'll be able to see.