"In the mid-1970s, the cognitive psychologist Ellen
Langer noticed that elderly people who envisioned themselves as younger
versions of themselves often began to feel, and even think, like they had
actually become younger. Men with trouble walking quickly were playing touch
football. Memories were improving and blood pressure was dropping. The mind,
Langer realized, could have a strong effect on the body. That realization led
her to study the Buddhist principle of mindfulness, or awareness, which she
characterizes as 'a heightened state of involvement and wakefulness.'” — MARIA KONNIKOVA writes about mindfulness in the New Yorker
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