The aging brain is often viewed through a lens of cognitive decline, with older adults seen as compensating for their fading memory. New research in Perspectives on Psychological Science challenges ...

For most people, the approaching holiday season includes more time with extended family, including the elder generation. Unfortunately, older adults are often diminished in the popular media and by ...

The dismantling of the hierarchy of knowledge and an elegant rebellion against “representationalism” hidden in the exchange of letters in Tatsuru Uchida’s “Lessons on Aging”【Introduction: What would ...

America is a youth-centered culture. Retirees can become obsolete. Old folks’ opinions are not valued, much less sought. “Never trust anyone over 30” was a phrase Robert Han Bishop, founder of the ...

At 80, author and purpose advocate Vicki Thomas is challenging outdated ideas about aging through her book, From Woodstock to ...

As populations age and traditional family structures weaken, societies face a growing crisis of care that calls for a new understanding of aging centered on dignity, wisdom, intergenerational relation ...