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If there’s one thing Rose Cooper doesn’t understand about aging, it’s the people who approach it with an it’s-all-downhill-from-here point of view.
At age 95, Rose has talked to a fair number of folks who’ve said some version of that old trope to her. “I just don’t have that attitude at all,” she says. “I feel lucky to be here, and very hopeful. If something happens, I look on the bright side and figure out what to do next.”
Laura Carstensen, Ph.D., can relate to the idea that there’s a need for an attitude shift about aging. She’s a professor of psychology at Stanford University and founding director of the Stanford Center on…
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