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Positive Implicit Messages May Improve Older Adults’ Physical Functioning
Older adults who were exposed to positive stereotypes about aging without being aware of it showed improved physical functioning that lasted up to several weeks, according to research forthcoming in Psychological Science, a journal of
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Sense of Humor Changes With Age
The Atlantic: There’s an episode in the first season of The Office in which Michael Scott, the tactless boss, is asking his female employees to serve as cheerleaders for an upcoming company basketball game. When the heavyset Phyllis says
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The Case for Delayed Adulthood
The New York Times: ONE of the most notable demographic trends of the last two decades has been the delayed entry of young people into adulthood. According to a large-scale national study conducted since the
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The Graying of Trauma: Revisiting Vietnam’s POWs
The Vietnam War was still raw in the collective American memory when the award-winning 1978 film The Deer Hunter brought home the horror of the POW experience. The film tells the story of three young
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Working Out at the (Implicit) Fitness Center
The Huffington Post: It’s fair to say that the filmmaker Alexander Payne takes a grim view of aging in America. In last year’s darkly comedic road film Nebraska, the highly praised Bruce Dern plays the alcoholic
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Set goals and you just may live longer
Market Watch: Remember the saying “idle hands are the devil’s workshop?” And your mother’s admonition to “keep busy?” Turns out they may actually be healthful advice to live by. New research published in Psychological Science suggests that having
