Thursday evenings, October 27 – December 8, 2011, from 7:00 to 8:45 p.m.
How we think and feel changes with age. There are damaging myths but also helpful facts, and we might forget them all if we don’t pay attention to our daily life, our aging brains and how to foster neuronal resilience. Could it be that paying attention might even slow our cellular aging? Or that certain emotional interactions can predict relationship happiness decades later? Come hear the new science on the intersection between cognition, emotion, health and aging, as experts discuss their foundational and new research in this exciting frontier.
Course Chairs:
Elissa Epel, PhD
Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Psychiatry
Wendy Berry Mendes, PhD
Sarlo/Ekman Chair in the Study of Human Emotion, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
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October 27
Emotion and Aging: Exploding the Misery Myth
Laura Carstensen, PhD
Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy,
Professor of Psychology; Director, Stanford Center on
Longevity
November 3
Exploring the Crossroads of Attention and Memory in the Aging Brain:
Views from the inside
Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Physiology and
Psychiatry; Director, Neuroscience Imaging Center
November 10
Emotions, Stress, and Rate of Telomere Shortening:
Are Our Cells Listening to Us?
Elissa Epel, PhD
Associate Professor in Residence, Department of
Psychiatry; Assistant Director, Center for Health and
Community
November 17
The Aging but Resilient Brain:
Keeping Neurons Happy
Joel Kramer, PsyD
Professor of Neuropsychology
December 1
How Our Emotional Lives Mature:
Changes and New Strengths
Robert Levenson, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology; Director,
Institute of Personality and Social Research (IPSR);
Director, Clinical Science Program and Psychology
Clinic, University of California, Berkeley
December 8
Emotions, Decisions and Behavior Across the Life
Span: Surprises from Social Psychology
Wendy Berry Mendes, PhD
Sarlo/Ekman Chair in the Study of Human Emotion,
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
