The Construct of Mindfulness

Journal of Social Issues, Spring, 2000 by Ellen J. Langer, Mihnea Moldoveanu

(*.) Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Ellen Langer, Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 [e-mail: langer@wjh.harvard.edu].

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