Lifespan Lab In the News
- The millennial Midlife Crisis is in crisis (Business Insider, June 22nd, 2025)
- Are millennials destined to have a midlife crisis? (LAist, NPR, June 10th, 2025)
- No Midlife Crisis Required: An Expert On Why Midlife is “An Ideal Period of Life” (Capsule, February 10th, 2025)
- When 'Middle Age' Arrives in Your 20s (The Wall Street Journal, December 13th, 2024)
- "Quería probar que los seres humanos son capaces de algo más grande que la guerra, los prejuicios y el odio": Abraham Maslow, el hombre que revoluvionó la psicología (BBC News Mundo, December 6th, 2024)
- The power of positive thinking (Brandeis Stories, December 3rd, 2024)
- People who look almost the same as they did 20 years ago usually display these 9 subtle behaviors, says psychology (Baseline, November 16, 2024)
- The 'midlife crisis' is too simple a story, scientists say (Science News, November 4th, 2024)
- Hice caso a Jennifer Lopez y Gwyneth Paltrow y así es como cambié mi vida a partir de los 50 ańos (El Espanol, October 28th, 2024)
- What we get wrong about our midlives (1A WAMU, NPR, October 10th, 2024)
- A User's Guide to Midlife (The New York Times, June 24th, 2024)
- Being a Mother is Hard Work. Is it Actually Harder on Millenial Moms? (The New York Times, May 11th, 2024)
- Why Midlife Looks Different for Millennials (National Geographic, April 19th, 2024)
- Midlife Doesn't Have to Be a Crisis (The New York Times, January 26th, 2024)
- Millennials Are About to Enter Middlescence (The Skimm, January 3rd, 2024)
- The 7 Biggest Myths about Midlife (Psychology Today, October 27th, 2023)
- Why you should not be afraid of the midlife crisis (ST Network, August 18, 2023)
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It's not just a fiasco: greying economies also innovate less (The Economist, June 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)
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Midlife crisis: Unpacking sleep, stress and happiness after 35 (The Star, February 14, 2023)
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The Truth About Midlife (Psychology Today, February 6, 2023)
- Creativity doesn’t belong to the young, patents show (Futurity, November 14 , 2022)
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The age of invention: Patents show differences between younger and older inventors (Brandeis Now, November 9, 2022).
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How to enjoy running (Psyche, October 2022)
- 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 seven ages of you (New Scientist, July 3rd, 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 Americans (Brandeis Magazine, April 1, 2021)
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The Richness of Middle Age (Psychology Today, March 27, 2021)
- 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)
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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)
- 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)
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Want to Sleep Better? Go for a Walk (Psychology Today, Oct. 4, 2019)
- 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)
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Staying in control can help you live longer (Psychology Today, Feb. 12, 2018)
- Science says fitness trackers don’t work. Wear one anyway (Wired, Dec. 25, 2017)
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Today’s financial stresses are making Australian men age faster (D’Marge, Dec. 5, 2017)
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The new midlife crisis: Why (and how) it’s hitting Gen X women (Oprah.com, Oct. 5, 2017)
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The ages for peak happiness are 46 years apart. Or maybe not. (The Charlotte Observer, April 14, 2017)
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Women on the verge of a midlife crisis (The Guardian, Jan. 27, 2017)
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In women, age-related cognitive decline may start sooner than we think (Medical News Today, Jan. 24, 2017)
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Financial Stress Can Make You Look Older to Others (The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 23, 2016)
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Three Surprising Ways to Improve Your Memory (Self, Sept. 13, 2016)
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Money Stress Actually Makes You Look Older To Others, Study Finds (The Huffington Post, Aug.1, 2016)
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Financial Stress Makes You Look Older, Study Finds (Forbes, July 31, 2016)
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Stressing about money can age you: study (New York Daily News, July 29, 2016)
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Dull and dirty: Your workplace could affect brain function (Science Daily, June 16, 2016)
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How to Defy Your Genes (AARP The Magazine, June/July 2016)
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Complain All You Want, But Your Busy Schedule May Help Your Brain (NPR, May 18, 2016)
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New University of Alberta study challenges 'mid-life crisis' theory (EurekAlert!, Jan. 11, 2016)
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Too Much TV And Chill Could Reduce Brain Power Over Time (NPR, Dec. 2, 2015)
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Lachman to receive GSA's 2015 Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award (EurekAlert!, Oct. 2, 2015)
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Daring to start a business when you're over 50 (The Boston Globe Magazine, June 24, 2015)
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Margie Lachman speaks about Maslow's legacy on the hierarchy of needs (April 17, 2015)
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Margie Lachman speaks about Maslow's self actualization theory (April 17, 2015)
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Financial Worries Linked to Rising Suicide Rate Among Baby Boomers (U.S. News & World Report, March 5, 2015)
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The Myth of the Midlife Crisis (The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 12, 2014)
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Dementia, it's All in the Mind (The Sydney Morning Herald, April 20, 2014)
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Feeling in Control? You Might Live Longer (HealthDay, Feb. 07, 2014)
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Feeling In Control Prolongs Life (The Atlantic, Feb. 07, 2014)
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The Attitude Adjustment You Can Make Today That Could Help You Live Longer (The Huffington Post, Feb. 07, 2014)
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Want to live longer? (Daily Mail, Feb. 05, 2014)
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Margie Lachman speaks to BBC Radio about Abraham Maslow, founder of the Brandeis Psychology Department (April 19, 2013)
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Margie Lachman comments on research reported in the Boston Globe (Jan. 4, 2013)
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Margie Lachman comments on Rotter's Locus of Control BBC Radio (April 23, 2012)
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"HHS HealthBeat: Caring Moms" US Department of Health and Human Services (March 16, 2012)
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"Mother's Love Can Prevent Illness in Middle Age" Telegraph article (Feb. 3, 2012)
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"A Sharper Mind, Middle Age and Beyond" New York Times article (Jan. 19, 2012)
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"Nurturing Mom May Keep the Doctor Away" MSNBC article (Sept. 30, 2011)
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"Mother's Love May Keep the Doctor Away" Fox News article (Sept. 30, 2011)
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"Men in the Middle: Facts and Fictions of the Male Midlife Crisis" CBS Sunday Morning (June 19, 2011)
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"The Myth of the Midlife Crisis" Radio Health Journal interview (April 22, 2011)
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"Embracing Midlife Without the Crisis" MSNBC Today Show (April 18, 2011)
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"Can't Put Names to Faces?" Daily Mail article (March 1, 2011)
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"Researchers: Midlife Crisis a Myth" CBS New article (Feb. 22, 2011)
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"Better With Age? Midlife Crises are a Myth" MSNBC article (Feb. 20, 2011)
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"Want a Long, Healthy Life? Think Positive" ABC News article (Nov. 3, 2010)
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"Mechanisms of Age-Related Cognitive Change/Targets for Intervention: Social Interactions/Stress" Cognitive Aging Summit II discussion (Oct. 4-5, 2010) (pdf)
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Margie Lachman News from Sabbatical (Feb. 9, 2010)