Laura L. Carstensen
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The Sad Fact of Reminiscing About Good Times
Happy memories of life-stage transitions can be bittersweet
How to — and How Not to — Message Older Americans
Practitioners often ignore decades of progress in understanding what works
Advancing the Study of Using Future-Self Images to Alter Behavior
Successful projects suggest a more thorough cataloging of how “vividness” nudges can help us delay gratification
The Healthy Upside of Thinking about an Older You
Consciously imagining our older self can spur us to take better care of ourselves now