A decade-long Yale study of older Americans found that those with positive attitudes toward aging experienced greater health improvements than peers with negative views. The research suggests cognitive and psychological factors play a measurable role in physical outcomes during aging.
Good News Network · Tuesday, 23 June 2026
A new study by scientists at Yale University suggests that older individuals can and do ‘improve,’ in all the senses of that word, over time. Analyzing the results of a large study of older Americans that ran for a decade, a key data point was that the individual’s mindset toward aging plays a major part […] The post Study Finds Many Older Adults Will Improve Over Time–Depending on Their Mindset appeared first on Good News Network.
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