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Ellen Langer
American psychologist (born )
Ellen Jane Langer (; born March 25, ) is an American professor of psychology at Harvard University; in , she became the first woman ever to be tenured in psychology at Harvard.[1][2] She is widely known as the "mother of mindfulness"[3] and the "mother of positive psychology"[4].
Langer studies the illusion of control, decision-making, aging, and mindfulness theory.[5][2] Her most influential work is Counterclockwise, published in , the first test of her mind/body unity theory.[6] Her most recent book, The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Chronic Health, published in , argues for the enormous control we have over our health based on mind/body unity.[7]
Early life and education
Langer was born in The Bronx, New York.
She received a bachelor's degree in psychology from New York University, and her PhD in Social and Clinical Psychology from Yale Univ
