Redesigning Long Life

In less than one century, life expectancy has increased by an average of 30 years in developed regions of the world. Quite suddenly, there are more people living longer in the world than ever before in human history and they are accounting for an increasingly greater percentage of the world population. Improved longevity is, at… Read more Redesigning Long Life

Faces of Aging: The Lived Experiences of the Elderly in Japan

Edited by Center on Longevity Faculty Affiliate Dr. Yoshiko Matsumoto and published by Stanford University Press, Faces of Aging is a new book that examines a wide variety of elder-related issues in Japan’s rapidly aging population through the eyes of those actually living through them.  Each chapter focuses on the personal experiences of real people, “going beyond… Read more Faces of Aging: The Lived Experiences of the Elderly in Japan

Stanford research casts sober light on Russia's mortality crisis

While many have blamed Russia's economic and political transition for the increase in deaths following the Soviet Union's collapse, Stanford's Grant Miller and Stanford Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Jay Bhattacharya pin new blame on the demise of an effective anti-alcohol campaign. Read the full story at the Stanford Report >>>

Jan. 12 - Growing Up and Old in the Same Little Neighborhood - the New York Times

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Decision-Making and Aging

Stanford PhD Greg Samanez-Larkin awarded 2010 Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) Distinguished Dissertation Award for Social Sciences Greg Samanez-Larkin has been awarded the 2010 Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) Distinguished Dissertation Award for Social Sciences for his dissertation “Incentive Processing in the Aging Brain: Individual Differences in Value-Based Learning and Decision Making Across the Adult… Read more Decision-Making and Aging

Jan. 12 - Teens Take Elders to Tech Boot Camp - the Wall Street Journal

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A new research center at Stanford will address mobility disorders with powerful 3-D simulations of a patient's movements

Bioengineering Professor Scott Delp is the director of a new national center for rehabilitation research at Stanford. The center will focus on using powerful software that simulates human movement to investigate movement disorders and identify the best treatments for patients.  Read more

Nov. 22 - "The Empty Chair in the Dining Room" - The New York Times

Older and Happier

As people age, they're more emotionally balanced and better able to solve highly emotional problems, says psychology professor and Center on Longevity director Laura Carstensen.

Longevity & the boomers

NBC News' Tom Brokaw moderated a Stanford Roundtable on aging, longevity and the boomers. Panelists were Center Director Laura Carstensen, President John Hennessey, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, AARP CEO Barry Rand, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Professor Robert Sapolsky.