This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team, about people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. When she was 21 years old, Laura Carstensen went to ...

Time now for "My Unsung Hero," our series from the team at Hidden Brain. "My Unsung Hero" tells the stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. Today's story comes from ...

We hear a lot about aging societies these days. At the same time, we hear relatively little about being old from older people themselves. In part, this is because most people in their 60s, 70s and ...

A Stanford University professor said the common perception of old age relating to unhappiness is misguided at a talk on campus Monday. Prof. Laura Carstensen spoke about the relationship between age ...

They’re the first generation who will spend a third of their lives as “old people” That’s bad—for everyone We’re living longer and getting older. So we need to rethink what that means Everyone wants ...

“Stop telling people in their 20s that these are the best years of their lives. They’re not.” That’s straight from an expert with decades of psychological research focused on aging—so you can trust ...

There’s nothing like a couple of days of business travel to make you feel old. I’m pretty sure the combination of being out of town, out of routine and out of bed too early, for too many mornings in a ...

New studies show that even in the midst of a pandemic that disproportionately took older lives, people over 50 were generally mentally better off, more resilient — possibly even happier. We hear why ...

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After Laura Carstensen was badly injured in a car crash, two strangers stopped to help her. Their small act of help made a lasting impression. This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the ...