From: BBC Science Focus Magazine
How to Build the Mindset Now Proven to Slow Ageing
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Dr Becca Levy, a professor of public health and psychology, lit the touchpaper of this research at the turn of the millennium.
As a young graduate student, she had just spent a semester in Japan, thanks to a fellowship from the US National Science Foundation.
The country was famous for its population’s extraordinary longevity and, immersing herself in its culture, she was struck by how much reverence the Japanese paid to their oldest citizens. Could the two be linked?
“At that point, I suspected culture played a major role in shaping people’s age beliefs and I wanted to know if age beliefs, in turn, might have a demonstrable impact on longevity,” she wrote in her book Breaking the Age Code.
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