Lifespan Lab In the News
- The age of invention: Patents show differences between younger and older inventors (Brandeis Now, November 9th, 2022).
- How to enjoy running (Psyche, October 2022)
- Why a 'Midlife Crisis' can be good for you (AARP, January 31st, 2022)
- Study unlocks the secrets to developing a regular workout habit (NBC News, December 9th, 2021)
- Older adults of today don't have more favorable views of their age than older adults did two decades ago (PsyPost, November 21, 2021)
- All hail the late bloomers (Boston Globe, November 18th, 2021)
- Lachman & Brandeis participating in multi-site Center for AI-technology to support aging in place (Science at Brandeis, November 4th, 2021)
- Apple's iOS 15 Has a Fall-Prevention Feature Everyone Should Use (The Wall Street Journal, September 25th, 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)
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The Richness of Middle Age (Psychology Today, March 27, 2021)
- Why 'healthy neurotics' can thrive in stressful times (BBC, November 3, 2020)
- Positivity and Cheer May Boost Memory (Psychology Today, October 30, 2020)
- Trauma may increase cognitive decline with age (Futurity, August 21, 2020)
- A conversation with Mirjam Stieger (European Journal of Personality, August 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, January 4, 2020)
- Tossing and Turning? Walking more may help, according to new study (Boston Globe, November 7, 2019)
- How Walking Might Affect Our Sleep (The New York Times, October 30, 2019)
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Want to Sleep Better? Go for a Walk (Psychology Today, October 4, 2019)
- Why you shouldn't be afraid of your aging brain [PDF] (The Boston Globe, December 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, February 19, 2018)
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Staying in control can help you live longer (Psychology Today, February 12, 2018)
- Science says fitness trackers don’t work. Wear one anyway (Wired, December 25, 2017)
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Today’s financial stresses are making Australian men age faster (D’Marge, December 5, 2017)
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The new midlife crisis: Why (and how) it’s hitting Gen X women (Oprah.com, October 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, January 27, 2017)
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In women, age-related cognitive decline may start sooner than we think (Medical News Today, January 24, 2017)
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Financial Stress Can Make You Look Older to Others (The Wall Street Journal, October 23, 2016)
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Three Surprising Ways to Improve Your Memory (Self, September 13, 2016)
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Money Stress Actually Makes You Look Older To Others, Study Finds (The Huffington Post, August 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!, January 11, 2016)
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Too Much TV And Chill Could Reduce Brain Power Over Time (NPR, December 2, 2015)
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Lachman to receive GSA's 2015 Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award (EurekAlert!, October 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, October 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, February 07, 2014)
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Feeling In Control Prolongs Life (The Atlantic, February 07, 2014)
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The Attitude Adjustment You Can Make Today That Could Help You Live Longer (The Huffington Post, February 07, 2014)
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Want to live longer? (Daily Mail, February 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 (January 04, 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 (February 3, 2012)
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"A Sharper Mind, Middle Age and Beyond" New York Times article (January 19, 2012)
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"Nurturing Mom May Keep the Doctor Away" MSNBC article (September 30, 2011)
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"Mother's Love May Keep the Doctor Away" Fox News article (September 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 (February 22, 2011)
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"Better With Age? Midlife Crises are a Myth" MSNBC article (February 20, 2011)
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"Want a Long, Healthy Life? Think Positive" ABC News article (November 3, 2010)
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"Mechanisms of Age-Related Cognitive Change/Targets for Intervention: Social Interactions/Stress" Cognitive Aging Summit II discussion (October 4-5, 2010) (pdf)
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Margie Lachman News from Sabbatical (February 9, 2010)