You Know, I'm Glad You Bring That Up, John

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One of my favorite, actually, another favorite person i talked to was this a pediatrician named jonas who. had a high level of a bio marker for dementia that for most people would translate into a number of cognitive losses. He credits in part his ability to do that, um, with his own positive roll models that he developed. And so those real models, he felt like, really inspired him.

Dr. Becca Levy's research explores psychosocial factors that influence older individuals’ cognitive and physical functioning, as well as their longevity. She is credited with creating a field of study that focuses on how positive and negative age stereotypes, which are assimilated from the culture, can have beneficial and adverse effects, respectively, on the health of older individuals.

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