Secret of Old Age is Learning to Forget

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School of Psychology Brittany Corbett's work featured

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Brittany Corbett, bcorbett8@gatech.edu

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Grad Student Brittany Corbett's research featured

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Scientists in the US and Canada have found the first evidence that even the expectation of something bad looming around the corner is enough to trigger a defence mechanism for suppressing negative emotions in people over 60.

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School of Psychology Grad Student, Brittany Corbett's research featured in the UK's "The Times" newspaper.

Secret of old age is learning to forget

Scientists in the US and Canada have found the first evidence that even the expectation of something bad looming around the corner is enough to trigger a defence mechanism for suppressing negative emotions in people over 60.

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psychology, cognitive aging
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  • Created By: lwhite35
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jul 9, 2018 - 10:14am
  • Last Updated: Jul 9, 2018 - 1:17pm