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Counter clockwise

A bold new way to think about aging and lifelong health. If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? Langer shows that the magic of rejuvenation and ongoing good health lies in being aware of the ways we mindlessly react to social and cultural cues.

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  • "A bold new way to think about aging and lifelong health. If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? Langer shows that the magic of rejuvenation and ongoing good health lies in being aware of the ways we mindlessly react to social and cultural cues."
  • "A bold new way to think about aging and lifelong health. If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? Langer shows that the magic of rejuvenation and ongoing good health lies in being aware of the ways we mindlessly react to social and cultural cues."@en
  • "MIND, BODY, SPIRIT. If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically?For more than thirty years, award-winning psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now, in Counterclockwise, she presents a conclusive answer: opening our minds to what's possible, instead of clinging to notions about what's not, can lead to better health - at any age.Drawing on landmark work in the field and her own body of colourful and highly original experiments, Langer shows that the magic of rejuvenation and ongoing good health lies in being aware of the ways we mindlessly react to social and cultural cues.With only subtle shifts in our thinking, our language, and in our expectations, she tells us that we can begin to change the ingrained behaviour that sap health, optimism, and vitality from our lives."@en
  • "If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically' For more than thirty years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now, in Counterclockwise, she presents the answer: Opening our minds to what's possible, instead of presuming impossibility, can lead to better health'at any age. Drawing on landmark work in the field and her own body of colorful and highly original experiments'including the first detailed discussion of her "counterclockwise" study, in which elderly men lived for a week as though it was 1959 and showed dramatic improvements in their hearing, memory, dexterity, appetite, and general well-being'Langer shows that the magic of rejuvenation and ongoing good health lies in being aware of the ways we mindlessly react to social and cultural cues. Examining the hidden decisions and vocabulary that shape the medical world ("chronic" versus "acute," "cure" versus "remission"), the powerful physical effects of placebos, and the intricate but often defeatist ways we define our physical health, Langer challenges the idea that the limits we assume and impose on ourselves are real. With only subtle shifts in our thinking, in our language, and in our expectations, she tells us, we can begin to change the ingrained behaviors that sap health, optimism, and vitality from our lives. Improved vision, younger appearance, weight loss, and increased longevity are just four of the results that Langer has demonstrated. Immensely readable and riveting, Counterclockwise offers a transformative and bold new paradigm: the psychology of possibility. A hopeful and groundbreaking book by an author who has changed how people all over the world think and feel, Counterclockwise is sure to join Mindfulness as a standard source on new-century science and healing. From the Hardcover edition."@en
  • "Investigates the nature of the link between the nonmaterial mind to the material body, arguing that people do not have to accept preconceived notions about how health declines with age, and offering advice on how to open the mind to the psychology of possibility."

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  • "Counterclockwise : mindful health and the power of possiblity"
  • "Die Uhr zurückdrehen? : gesund alt werden durch die heilsame Wirkung der Aufmerksamkeit"
  • "Counter clockwise"
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  • "Counter clockwise mindful health and the power of possibility"@en
  • "逆转年龄的抗老方法"
  • "Ni zhuan nian ling de kang lao fang fa"
  • "Atrasa tu reloj : el poder de la posibilidad aplicado a la salud"
  • "Counter clockwise : mindful health and the power of possibility"
  • "Counter clockwise : mindful health and the power of possibility"@en
  • "Atrasa tu reloj el poder de la posibilidad aplicado a la salud"@es

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