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Revisited: is curiosity the key to ageing well?

Revisited: is curiosity the key to ageing well?

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Psychologists have typically believed we become less curious as we age, but recent research has shown curiosity actually becomes more targeted. In this episode from September, Madeleine Finlay hears from Dr Mary Whatley and Dr Matthias Gruber to find out

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Psychologists have typically believed that we become less curious
as we age, but recent research has shown curiosity actually becomes
more targeted and specific in our later years. In this episode from
September, Madeleine Finlay hears from Dr Mary Whatley, an
assistant professor of psychology at Western Carolina University,
and Dr Matthias Gruber of Cardiff University’s Brain Research
Imaging Centre to find out why we change in this way, and how
maintaining broad curiosity into older age can help keep our brains
young. Help support our independent journalism at
theguardian.com/sciencepod