December 14, 2025
People my age are suffering from future shock. Passwords up the ying yang, styles seemingly bizarre and fractured 90 second dramas (Tik Tok anyone?). Is there an escape from this again madness? A professor at Harvard proved there is.
Proof That Back to The Fifties Is Healthy!
Professor Ellen Langer from Harvard University conducted an intriguing study in 1979.
A group of men in their 70s and 80s were asked to spend a week in a facility entirely designed to resemble the 1950s.
The pictures on the walls, the books on the shelves, the magazines on the table, and even the radio and TV broadcasts were all tailored to events from 1959. Participants were asked to imagine themselves as being 20 years younger and to converse as if everything was true. They were also required to be unusually self-reliant.
The results were astonishing.
Langer revealed that without any medical intervention, in just one week, their hearing improved, their vision sharpened, and their memory and physical strength increased. They even visibly appeared younger.
The idea of the mind’s influence on the body deeply intrigued Langer. She subsequently conducted a series of experiments in the next few decades to explore what the mind can possibly do on its own. Many outcomes from her work contradicted what was commonly thought. And her findings are something we can immediately put into practice for better health and a merrier life.
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