ABSENTMINDED? THEN PAY ATTENTION NEWS/SUN-SENTINEL Edition

"It's like walking to work," says [Ellen Langer]. "You needn't take the same path each time." You can vary the path, and after a while, that variation can become as routine as the original path. But the point is to keep turning new corners, to take chances, to eliminate...

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Published inSun-sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Main Author Kate Weinstein, Special to News/Sun-Sentinel
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fort Lauderdale Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 27.04.1985
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Langer, Ellen
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Summary:"It's like walking to work," says [Ellen Langer]. "You needn't take the same path each time." You can vary the path, and after a while, that variation can become as routine as the original path. But the point is to keep turning new corners, to take chances, to eliminate the predictable. "Look at new things," says Langer, "or look at old things in new ways." When faced with novelty, you are forced to respond mindfully, rather than automatically. Change and challenge jogs the brain from its waking nap.