Quote of the day
Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
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)