false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255920684m/6398460.jpg 6398460 4 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. <br><br>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.<br><br>Immensely readable and riveting, <b>Counterclockwise </b>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, <b>Counterclockwise</b> is sure to join <i>Mindfulness</i> as a standard source on new-century science and healing. 6587152 19 5 2009 Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility total:5|5:0|4:1|3:2|2:2|1:0| 5 14 29 2 3 0 false false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 15:06:51 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 20:20:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 09:13:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 09:14:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 16:46:37 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 16:46:37 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 16:23:30 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 16:23:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 25 18:28:55 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 18:28:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 21 07:25:32 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 07:25:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Oct 11 12:30:47 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 12:30:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 17:15:19 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 17:15:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 00:40:32 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 00:40:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 13 17:03:14 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 17:00:05 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 17:03:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 16 07:55:09 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 07:55:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 04 15:21:28 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 15:21:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 04 09:34:49 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 09:34:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 02 09:53:04 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 09:53:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 27 08:16:46 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 08:16:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 06 08:14:48 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 08:14:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 15:37:42 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 15:37:42 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jun 25 20:45:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 20:45:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 25 10:12:07 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 10:12:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 11 10:53:59 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 10:53:59 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6398460