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Why Adults Lose the ‘Beginner’s Mind’
Here’s a sobering thought: The older we get, the harder it is for us to learn, to question, to reimagine. This isn’t just habit hardening into dogma. It’s encoded into the way our brains change
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Older Adults More Likely to Make the Effort to Help Others
New research suggests that, all things being equal, older adults are more likely to offer help than younger adults.
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APS Backgrounder Series: Psychological Science and COVID-19: Social Impact on Adults
Expert commentary from Chris Segrin, whose research focuses on social skills, relationship development and satisfaction. [April 2, 2020]
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Some People Can Thrive After Depression, Study Finds
We may think of depression as a recurring condition with a gloomy prognosis, but findings from one study indicate that nearly 10% of adults in the United States with major depression were thriving ten years later. The findings suggest that some people with depression experience more than a reduction in depressive symptoms over time – they can achieve optimal psychological well-being.
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Older Adults’ Abstract Reasoning Ability Predicts Depressive Symptoms Over Time
Data from a longitudinal study show that age-related declines in abstract reasoning ability predict increasing depressive symptoms in subsequent years.
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EAMMi2: The Last Teaching Data Set Any Instructor Will Ever Need
A group of researchers is offering real data on emerging adulthood to statistics teachers and students.
