Quote of the day
That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
Ellen Langer
Born: March 25, 1947 (age 77)
Bio: Ellen Jane Langer is a professor of psychology at Harvard University, having in 1981 become the first woman ever to be tenured in psychology at Harvard. Langer studies the illusion of control, decision-making, aging, and mindfulness theory.
Known for:
- The power of mindful learning (1997)
- Mindfulness (1989)
- The psychology of control (1983)