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Is curiosity the key to ageing well?

Is curiosity the key to ageing well?

Science Weekly vor 1 Jahr

Scientists are discovering that rather than tailing off, our curiosity actually becomes more targeted and specific in our later years. Madeleine Finlay finds out what this new understanding could tell us about the best ways to stay sharp as we age

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Psychologists have traditionally believed we become less curious as
we age, but recent research has shown that curiosity actually
becomes more targeted and specific in our later years. To find out
why this happens, and how maintaining broad curiosity into older
age can help keep our brains young, 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 Imaging Centre. Help support our independent
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