Talk:Ellen Langer

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"The investigation concluded in 2005." - bizarrely, whoever added this doesn't state the outcome! If the investigation cleared Prof. Langer then the allegation should probably be removed from this short bio.

Highly subjective language

Given how long and distinguished her career has been, how could a book published as late as 2009 be her "most influential work"? A book that "answers the questions of aging"?

The phrase "mother of mindfulness" is repeated in two different sections.

"primitive steps"?

Also poorly written: "contributions to the term coined mindfulness", "sparked the interest of aging".

There have been criticisms of the potted plant study---an erratum was published. Might be worth noting.

JS Hoyer (talk) 16:46, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Incomplete?

• I've seen Professor Langer on The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer on PBS not long after September 11 2001 (now called PBS Newshour). She gave advice to individuals on returning to normalcy after the national trauma. She may have appeared other times, too, and on other TV shows than Good Morning America.

• The opening sentence of the lede says this: "Ellen Jane Langer (born March 25, 1947) is a professor of psychology at Harvard University, in 1981 she became the first woman ever to be tenured in psychology at Harvard." Then there's no other mention of her teaching in the body of the article.

Since, according to Manual of Style/Lead section, "Leads are usually written at a greater level of generality than the body...", more about her teaching career should be covered in the body.

This article, from 2010, has information on her career and describes some of her research: "The Mindfulness Chronicles: On "the psychology of possibility" - https://harvardmagazine.com/2010/09/the-mindfulness-chronicles

Thank you for your attention, Wordreader (talk) 07:35, 21 March 2018 (UTC)