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You’re Most Likely to Do Something Extreme Right Before You Turn 30
… or 40, or 50, or 60 … Each year, cities, regions, and other organizers around the world host around 3,000 marathons. In large races like the Los Angeles Marathon and the London Marathon, more
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From Aging to Aging Well
What does it mean to age successfully? An interdisciplinary group of scientists share some findings from physiological and psychological perspectives.
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Getting rid of the negative stereotypes — and biases — about aging
What can be done about negative stereotypes that portray older adults as out of touch, useless, feeble, incompetent, pitiful and irrelevant? With late-night TV comedy shows where supposedly clueless older people are the butt of
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What Happens to Creativity as We Age?
The New York Times: One day not long ago, Augie, a 4-year-old Gopnik grandchild, heard his grandfather wistfully say, “I wish I could be a kid again.” After a thoughtful pause, Augie came up with
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring associative learning of social value in groups, age-related changes in performance as a function of experience instead of cognitive decline, and mind wandering in daily life.
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Women Show Cognitive Advantage in Gender-Equal Countries
Women’s cognitive functioning past middle age may be affected by the degree of gender equality in the country they live in, according to new findings from Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological
