How Does Your Age Beliefs Impact Your Cardosa Level?

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These age police can as a lens on how we take in the world. And i think one of, the one of the ones that i think is particularly powerful is stress. We know when people take in more negative age beliefs, that they have an elevated response to stress. Or if they take in the more positive age beliefs, they actually have a beneficial effect. They have a reduced level of experiencing stress.

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.

Dr. Levy's book, Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live is available now!

Learn more about Dr. Levy at: https://ysph.yale.edu/profile/becca_levy/.

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