Stanford Health Policy Seminar: Laura L. Carstensen
Friday, November 17, 202312:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific)
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Hybrid Seminar: Lunch will be provided for on-campus participants.
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Encina Commons, Room 119
615 Crothers Way
Stanford, CA 94305
Laura Carstensen is a professor of psychology at Stanford, where she's the founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity. Her research focuses on ways in which motivational changes influence emotional experience and cognitive processing.
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Abstract: Along virtually any dimension, older people report better emotional well-being than younger generations. Considering the many losses older people experience, these findings are referred to as “the paradox of aging.” Socioemotional selectivity theory offers an account based on motivational shifts associated with perceived time horizons. This talk will overview the theory and evidence generated by tests of related hypotheses.