Jane McGonigal , for instance, uses numbers, a lot of numbers, to present her vision of how games can make us better people.
Kelly McGonigal : Willpower!
Kelly McGonigal : Thank you.
Kelly McGonigal : Getting up on time.
Kelly McGonigal : Washing the dishes.
Kelly McGonigal : Doing yoga for back pain, well, I'm glad to hear that.
Kelly McGonigal ?
Kelly McGonigal : Lunch options for today.
Kelly McGonigal : You guys are tech experts.
Kelly McGonigal : So the question was why does it say low glycemic and plant based?
Kelly McGonigal : Does anyone need to borrow one of mine?
Kelly McGonigal : You guys got one?
Kelly McGonigal : Who's over here?
Kelly McGonigal : So in this particular experiment after they had gotten to know their future self, there was some time elapsed cause they
Kelly McGonigal : So people would really have to think about the implications of this.
Kelly McGonigal : Can't tell you.
Kelly McGonigal : So most people can't actually interact with their future self in that high tech a way but it seems like there are other
Kelly McGonigal : That is probably not the letter you should write Kelly McGonigal : So just for the people who are watching this on the video the question was, if you feel really bad about yourself
Kelly McGonigal : Okay, here's, so we got two more interventions and this next intervention I just wanna take a poll.
Kelly McGonigal : Okay, that's what everyone thinks.
Kelly McGonigal : So you've got a bunch of smokers now they're ready.
Kelly McGonigal : "Pull off the cellophane!"
Kelly McGonigal : "Put the cigarette in your mouth" "Stop!"
Kelly McGonigal : This went on for over an hour.
Kelly McGonigal : Nobody was actually allowed to light the cigarette, okay.
Kelly McGonigal : And they were taught the same technique about how to handle cravings.
Kelly McGonigal : Thanks, Maya.
Although Jane McGonigal doesn't usually explicitly talks about gamification, but that's a very similar approach.
So Jane McGonigal was a gamer.
audience member: Kelly McGonigal : So audience member: Kelly McGonigal : Great, so we make lots of decisions everyday about what to eat and
Kelly McGonigal : That is not the letter.
It's a-- I'm like Jane McGonigal .
Maya: Today our guest is Kelly McGonigal .
You might be familiar with the work of Jane McGonigal , who became famous around 2010 with a famous Ted talk where she brought her vision, and her vision
Presenter: I'm delighted to welcome to the Googleplex Kelly McGonigal , a health psychologist at Stanford University and the author of a new book, "The Willpower Instinct."
Kelly McGonigal : Some people make to do lists just so they can check stuff off.
And then also, I've incorporated Kelly Mcgonigal 's work of her five joy moves, data-driven joy moves.
So there was actually a really great talk at Google in 2012 by Kelly McGonigal .
Some of that is done, for example, by Jane McGonigal , who has looked at them by the impact of positive emotions triggered by games, et cetera, on personal change.
We actually spoke to-- anybody here know Jane McGonigal ?
So please help me welcome Kelly McGonigal .
audience member: Kelly McGonigal : Yeah, so an example of "I Won't" power.
Okay Kelly McGonigal : They have to wait 2 minutes now and they're not allowed to do anything