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10/23/2014 - Stanford psychologist explores how meaningfulness cultivates well-being over time

by on October 23, 2014 6:05 pm
Professor Jennifer Aaker says that while meaningful choices are often not pleasurable to make, they are commonly associated with a greater sense of well-being in the long run. Jennifer Aaker is a faculty affiliate of the Center on Longevity. Read the full article at Stanford Report.
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10/22/214 - US seniors face student loan debt (BCC News)

by on October 23, 2014 4:23 pm
Around the world, student debt is a financial burden for millions – and in the US, a growing number of senior citizens are still repaying the cost of their education into retirement age. Read the full article at BBC News.
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10/21/2014 - Why 'Retirement' Is A Dirty And Dangerous Word (Huffington Post)

by on October 23, 2014 4:13 pm
Retirement has gone from being an expected right and privilege to a broken promise and a cruel joke. No use crying over spilled milk, but let’s stop talking about Retirement as if it’s going to happen — or at least as if it’s going to happen the way they told us it was going to… Read more 10/21/2014 - Why 'Retirement' Is A Dirty And Dangerous Word (Huffington Post)

10/23/2014 - Can subliminal messages improve old age?

by on October 23, 2014 3:51 pm
Subliminal messages containing positive stereotypes about aging can improve older adults’ physical functioning for several weeks, according to a new study. Researchers used a new intervention method to examine for the first time whether exposure to positive age stereotypes could weaken negative age stereotypes and their effects over time, and lead to healthier outcomes. Read… Read more 10/23/2014 - Can subliminal messages improve old age?

10/23/2014 - Can Video Games Fend Off Mental Decline?

by on October 23, 2014 3:43 pm
In the commercial world, hyperbole reigns. App stores are littered with brazen claims — Elevate-Brain Training, for example, is “based on extensive research.” Ulman Lindenberger, a director at the Max Planck Institute, recently published a study that found that 100 days of cognitive training yielded a “relatively minor” improvement in working memory. Soon afterward, a… Read more 10/23/2014 - Can Video Games Fend Off Mental Decline?

10/22/2014 - Neuroscientists speak out against brain game hype

by on October 23, 2014 3:49 am
Aging baby boomers and seniors would be better off going for a hike than sitting down in front of one of the many video games designed to aid the brain, a group of nearly 70 researchers asserted this week in a critique of some of the claims made by the brain-training industry.  Read the full story at… Read more 10/22/2014 - Neuroscientists speak out against brain game hype

10/22/2014 - Center on Longevity hosts design challenge focusing on elderly mobility

by on October 22, 2014 10:21 pm
Switching from last year’s theme of cognitive impairment, the 2014-15 Design Challenge will focus on mobility in older adults. Submissions are due Dec. 5 at 5 p.m. The Design Challenge is an annual competition that seeks to engage students worldwide in designing improvements for the elderly population. According to Ken Smith, director of mobility at… Read more 10/22/2014 - Center on Longevity hosts design challenge focusing on elderly mobility

10/22/2014 - Brain-Training Companies Get Advice From Some Academics, Criticism From Others

by on October 22, 2014 10:06 pm
Your brain is a tree. Or, perhaps more fittingly, a bank account. With metaphors like those, brain-game companies entice people to buy subscriptions to their online training programs, many of which promise to increase customers’ “neuroplasticity,” “fluid intelligence,” and working memory capacity. They even claim to help stave off the effects of aging. Leading scientists have criticized… Read more 10/22/2014 - Brain-Training Companies Get Advice From Some Academics, Criticism From Others

10/22/2014 - Seeing More Gray in the College Classroom

by on October 22, 2014 10:03 pm
Higher education faces a serious decline in its traditional 18-22 population. Having fewer potential students from the traditional demographic segment could have serious implications for funding. One part of the solution—open the doors to a new demographic segment. Read the full article at Library Journal.

10/22/2014 - What if Age Is Nothing but a Mind-Set?

by on October 22, 2014 3:31 pm
One day in the fall of 1981, eight men in their 70s stepped out of a van in front of a converted monastery in New Hampshire. They shuffled forward, a few of them arthritically stooped, a couple with canes. Then they passed through the door and entered a time warp. Perry Como crooned on a… Read more 10/22/2014 - What if Age Is Nothing but a Mind-Set?