Often our leaders are encouraged to minimize distractions and maintain a streamlined focus on what is important. However, there is an alternative strategy that may be just as — if not more — effective ...

Ellen Langer is a professor in the Psychology Department at Harvard University. Her books written for general and academic readers include Mindfulness, The Power of Mindful Learning, On Becoming An ...

In her book Counterclockwise, Harvard professor Ellen Langer recounts a groundbreaking study she did in 1979 that has since become the stuff of legend. She took a group of male research subjects in ...

Harvard psychology professor Ellen Langer's "Counterclockwise" study showed that recreating the environment of a person's youth had positive effects on the health of older men. The author conducted an ...