Speakers Laura Carstensen: Psychologist
Laura Carstensen is the director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, and has extensively studied the effects on wellbeing of extended lifetimes.
Why you should listen to him:
Dr. Carstensen is Professor of Psychology and Public Policy at Stanford University, where she is the founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, which explores innovative ways to solve the problems of people over 50 and improve the well-being of people of all ages. She is best known in academia for socioemotional selectivity theory, a life-span theory of motivation. She is also the author of A Long Bright Future: An Action Plan for a Lifetime of Happiness, Health, and Financial Security—an updated edition will be released in 2011.
Quotes by Laura Carstensen
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“If we … capitalize on the very real strengths of older people, then added years of life can dramatically improve quality of life at all ages.”
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“When we recognize that we don't have all the time in the world, we see our priorities most clearly.”
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“Older people seem to engage with sadness more comfortably; they're more accepting of sadness than younger people are.”
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“For the first time in the history of the species, the majority of babies born in the developed world are having the opportunity to grow old.”
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Laura Carstensen: Older people are happier
- 11:38 Posted: Apr 2012
Laura Carstensen on the Web
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Conferences
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- TEDxWomen 2011