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Study: Challenging seniors’ brains can also change their personality
CNN Health: We’ve all heard the adage “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” But new research reveals that you CAN teach an older adult how to improve their brain skills, with the added
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What’s Behind the Phenomenon of Aging and Happiness?
International Business Times: Older people are generally happier, and some researchers believe it is because they tend to focus and remember more positive events while leaving behind negative ones, according to a study. These cognitive
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Why do older people view life in a sunnier light than the young?
Examiner: Why do older people view life in a sunnier light than the young? Have older folks come to terms with loss, change, and the ability to let it go–at least when it comes to
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Why Are Older People Happier?
Older people tend to be happier. But why? Some psychologists believe that cognitive processes are responsible—in particular, focusing on and remembering positive events and leaving behind negative ones; those processes, they think, help older people
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Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin
Vanderbilt University, USA What does your research focus on? In general I am interested in how cognition and motivation develop and change over adulthood and into old age. Most of my recent work has specifically
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Julie Bugg
Washington University, USA What does your research focus on? The primary focus of my research is cognitive control, and age-related changes in control. I am interested in the mechanisms humans use to resolve interference, the
