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2023

Why you should not be afraid of the midlife crisis (ST Network, August 18, 2023)
Why millennials might react to midlife crises differently than previous generations (CBS News, March 16, 2023)

Millennials are hitting middle age — and it doesn’t look like what we were promised PDF (New York Times, March 14, 2023)

Midlife crisis: Unpacking sleep, stress and happiness after 35 (The Star, February 14, 2023)
The Truth About Midlife (Psychology Today, February 6, 2023)

2022

Creativity doesn’t belong to the young, patents show (Futurity, November 14 , 2022)

The age of invention: Patents show differences between younger and older inventors (Brandeis Now, November 9, 2022).
How to enjoy running (Psyche, October 2022)

2021

Why a 'Midlife Crisis' can be good for you (AARP, Jan. 31, 2022)
Study unlocks the secrets to developing a regular workout habit (NBC News, Dec. 9, 2021)
Older adults of today don't have more favorable views of their age than older adults did two decades ago (PsyPost, Nov. 21, 2021)
All hail the late bloomers (Boston Globe, Nov. 18, 2021)
Lachman & Brandeis participating in multi-site Center for AI-technology to support aging in place (Science at Brandeis, Nov. 4, 2021)
Apple's iOS 15 Has a Fall-Prevention Feature Everyone Should Use (The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 25 2021)
The 7 primes of life: Why each decade comes with its own superpowers (New Scientist, June 30, 2021)
AHA News: Overcoming Midlife Barriers to Exercise and Better Health (U.S. News & World Report, June 9, 2021)
Overcoming midlife barriers to exercise and better health (Heart.org, June 9, 2021)
Prime Time: The Real Lives of Middle-Aged American (Brandeis Magazine, April 1, 2021)
The Richness of Middle Age (Psychology Today, March 27, 2021)

2020

Why 'healthy neurotics' can thrive in stressful times (BBC, Nov. 3, 2020)
Positivity and Cheer May Boost Memory (Psychology Today, Oct. 30, 2020)
Trauma may increase cognitive decline with age (Futurity, Aug. 21, 2020)
A conversation with Mirjam Stieger (European Journal of Personality, Aug. 14, 2020)
How lockdown may have changed your personality (BBC, July 28, 2020)
Rethinking Adult Development Special Issue of American Psychologist (America Psychological Association, June 9, 2020)
People Prone to Disengage From Difficult Tasks and Goals May Experience Greater Cognitive Decline After Retirement (American Psychological Association, March 16, 2020)
A Bit More Fit: The science behind your sports tracker (Virginia Living Store, March 10, 2020)
Walk for a Better Night of Sleep! (ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal, January 2020)
50 easy hacks to change your life in 2020 (The Guardian, Jan. 4, 2020)

2019

Tossing and Turning? Walking more may help, according to new study (Boston Globe, Nov. 7, 2019)
How Walking Might Affect Our Sleep (The New York Times, Oct. 30, 2019)
Want to Sleep Better? Go for a Walk (Psychology Today, Oct. 4, 2019)

2018

Why you shouldn't be afraid of your aging brain [PDF] (The Boston Globe, Dec. 11, 2018)
The benefits of feeling in control as we age (Psychology Today, July 16, 2018)
How the Midlife Crisis Came to Be (The Atlantic, May 29, 2018)
You're not having a midlife crisis, but here's the science anyway (Yahoo, Feb. 19, 2018)
Staying in control can help you live longer (Psychology Today, Feb. 12, 2018)

2017

Science says fitness trackers don’t work. Wear one anyway (Wired, Dec. 25, 2017)
Today’s financial stresses are making Australian men age faster (D’Marge, Dec. 5, 2017)
The new midlife crisis: Why (and how) it’s hitting Gen X women (Oprah.com, Oct. 5, 2017)
The ages for peak happiness are 46 years apart. Or maybe not. (The Charlotte Observer, April 14, 2017)
Women on the verge of a midlife crisis (The Guardian, Jan. 27, 2017)
In women, age-related cognitive decline may start sooner than we think (Medical News Today, Jan. 24, 2017)

2016

Financial Stress Can Make You Look Older to Others (The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 23, 2016)
Three Surprising Ways to Improve Your Memory (Self, Sept. 13, 2016)
Money Stress Actually Makes You Look Older To Others, Study Finds (The Huffington Post, Aug.1, 2016)
Financial Stress Makes You Look Older, Study Finds (Forbes, July 31, 2016)
Stressing about money can age you: study (New York Daily News, July 29, 2016)
Dull and dirty: Your workplace could affect brain function (Science Daily, June 16, 2016)
How to Defy Your Genes (AARP The Magazine, June/July 2016)
Complain All You Want, But Your Busy Schedule May Help Your Brain (NPR, May 18, 2016)
New University of Alberta study challenges 'mid-life crisis' theory (EurekAlert!, Jan. 11, 2016)

2015

Too Much TV And Chill Could Reduce Brain Power Over Time (NPR, Dec. 2, 2015)
Lachman to receive GSA's 2015 Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award (EurekAlert!, Oct. 2, 2015)
Daring to start a business when you're over 50 (The Boston Globe Magazine, June 24, 2015)
Margie Lachman speaks about Maslow's legacy on the hierarchy of needs (April 17, 2015)
Margie Lachman speaks about Maslow's self actualization theory (April 17, 2015)
Financial Worries Linked to Rising Suicide Rate Among Baby Boomers (U.S. News & World Report, March 5, 2015)

2014

The Myth of the Midlife Crisis (The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 12, 2014)
Dementia, it's All in the Mind (The Sydney Morning Herald, April 20, 2014)
Feeling in Control? You Might Live Longer (HealthDay, Feb. 07, 2014)
Feeling In Control Prolongs Life (The Atlantic, Feb. 07, 2014)
The Attitude Adjustment You Can Make Today That Could Help You Live Longer (The Huffington Post, Feb. 07, 2014)
Want to live longer? (Daily Mail, Feb. 05, 2014)

2013

Margie Lachman speaks to BBC Radio about Abraham Maslow, founder of the Brandeis Psychology Department (April 19, 2013)
Margie Lachman comments on research reported in the Boston Globe (Jan. 4, 2013)

2012

Margie Lachman comments on Rotter's Locus of Control BBC Radio (April 23, 2012)
"HHS HealthBeat: Caring Moms" US Department of Health and Human Services (March 16, 2012)
"Mother's Love Can Prevent Illness in Middle Age" Telegraph article (Feb. 3, 2012)
"A Sharper Mind, Middle Age and Beyond" New York Times article (Jan. 19, 2012)

2011

"Nurturing Mom May Keep the Doctor Away" MSNBC article (Sept. 30, 2011)
"Mother's Love May Keep the Doctor Away" Fox News article (Sept. 30, 2011)
"Men in the Middle: Facts and Fictions of the Male Midlife Crisis" CBS Sunday Morning (June 19, 2011)
"The Myth of the Midlife Crisis" Radio Health Journal interview (April 22, 2011)
"Embracing Midlife Without the Crisis" MSNBC Today Show (April 18, 2011)
"Can't Put Names to Faces?" Daily Mail article (March 1, 2011)
"Researchers: Midlife Crisis a Myth" CBS New article (Feb. 22, 2011)
"Better With Age? Midlife Crises are a Myth" MSNBC article (Feb. 20, 2011)

2010

"Want a Long, Healthy Life? Think Positive" ABC News article (Nov. 3, 2010)
"Mechanisms of Age-Related Cognitive Change/Targets for Intervention: Social Interactions/Stress" Cognitive Aging Summit II discussion (Oct. 4-5, 2010) (pdf)
Margie Lachman News from Sabbatical (Feb. 9, 2010)

Brandeis launches Lifespan Initiative on Healthy Aging (April 2009)