Old as you want to be: Study finds most seniors feel younger
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 15:25
in Psychology & Sociology
Older people tend to feel about 13 years younger than their chronological age. That is one of the findings of a study forthcoming in the Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Science. The researchers analyzed the responses of 516 men and women age 70 and older who participated in the Berlin Aging Study, tracking how their perceptions about age and their satisfaction with aging changed over a six-year period.
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