Better With Age

Laura Carstensen is a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the founding director of the Stanford Center for Longevity.  In a recent edition of the podcast Hidden Brain (link below), host Shankar Vedantam interviews Laura.  She has done some pioneering research on the outlooks and emotions of older people.  Her findings are surprising and encouraging.  Her research is fascinating, and the podcast is well worth a listen.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-brain/id1028908750?i=1000721546582