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Decision making and aging
According to research at Cornell University, “Many older adults experience decline in mental processes. But this need not be a handicap, because they largely can compensate by relying more on their strong emotional functioning, which doesn’t decline with age.” Joseph Mikels, a psychologist at Cornell, says emotional skills may compensate for short-comings in memory and [...]
Posted: January 30th, 2009 under Aging, Decision making.
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