Laura L. Carstensen
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![Hands holding a framed photograph of a father and son holding a fishing pole](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/AR-thumb-mixed-emotions.jpg)
The Sad Fact of Reminiscing About Good Times
Happy memories of life-stage transitions can be bittersweet
![Four individuals sitting side by side at a dinner table, laughing and smiling](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AR-older-messaging-thumb.jpg)
How to — and How Not to — Message Older Americans
Practitioners often ignore decades of progress in understanding what works
![Three images of man's profile](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AR-vividness-hero-760x570.jpg)
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
![Illustration of a young man looking into a mirror, reflecting his older self](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AR-future-self-hero-760x570.jpg)
The Healthy Upside of Thinking about an Older You
Consciously imagining our older self can spur us to take better care of ourselves now