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Psychological Scientists Address the Challenges of an Aging Workforce
Older adults are a growing proportion of the American workforce in unprecedented numbers. For the first time since 1948, American employees over age 65 outnumber teenage workers, according to a report from AARP. Yet, older
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As We Age, Keys to Remembering Where the Keys Are
The New York Times: I recently told my 70s-something walking group that I wanted to write about “retrieval disorder,” our shared problem with remembering names and dates, what we had just read and where, even
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Call for Papers: The Society for the Study of Human Development
Society for the Study of Human Development 9th Biennial Meeting Hilton Garden Inn Hotel Austin, Texas October 16–18, 2015 Person, Biology, Culture, and Society: New Directions in Human Development The Society for the Study of
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This is your brain on fencing: How certain sports may aid the aging brain
The Washington Post: The two fencers pull on their mesh-front masks and face each other behind two “en garde” lines. At their coach’s signal, they raise their sabres and the practice bout begins in a
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Focusing the Brain on Better Vision
The New York Times: As adults age, vision deteriorates. One common type of decline is incontrast sensitivity, the ability to distinguish gradations of light to dark, making it possible to discern where one object ends
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Joint NIA-AGS Conference on Sleep: Application Now Available
“Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Aging: New Avenues for Improving Brain Health, Physical Health, and Functioning” — the second in a three-part series of U13 Bedside-to-Bench Conferences — will be held October 4–6, 2015, in Bethesda, Maryland.
