Your Response to Stress Improves as You Grow Older

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January 04, 2023

Dear Reader, In this week's top story, Mind Matters editor Daisy Yuhas interviewed David Almeida, a developmental psychologist at Pennsylvania State University, about the stressors of daily living. Almeida has discovered through his research that a person in their 20s may experience stressful factors some 40 to 45 percent of days. By the time a person reaches an eighth decade, that figure has about halved.

Gary Stix, Senior Editor, Mind & Brain @gstix1

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FROM THE STORE Special Editions Volume 30, Issue 2s

QUOTE OF THE DAY "As we grow older, we realize we only have so much life left and want to make the most of it--so we are very motivated to enjoy it." David Almeida, developmental psychologist and professor of human development and family studies at Pennsylvania State University.

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