From the ever-marvelous BBC News, is this wonderfully encouraging story about our happiness increasing as we age - is it so? Here's an excerpt from BBC News:
".....According to University of California psychologist Dr Susan Turk Charles, this should make the UK a happier society.
By reviewing the available studies on emotions and ageing she found that mental wellbeing generally improved with age, except for people with dementia-related ill health.
Work carried out by Dr Laura Carstensen, a psychology professor at Stanford University, suggested why this might be the case.
Dr Carstensen asked volunteers ranging in age from 18 to mid-90s to take part in various experiments and keep diaries of their emotional state.
She found the older people were far less likely than the younger to experience persistent negative moods and were more resilient to hearing personal criticism.
They were also much better at controlling and balancing their emotions - a skill that appeared to improve the older they became."
Read the rest of this very interesting article here - and smile!
i think that these people must be happy all time because they need to smile for be healthy and for living well.
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