Virtual Aging and Langerian Psychology of Possibility (Revisiting the Medical Disempowering Models of Aging)
Virtual Aging and Langerian Psychology of Possibility (Revisiting the Medical Disempowering Models of Aging)

Summary/Abstract: The pervasiveness of the medical model of aging and its focus on physical health may have given rise to the assumption that an increase of age would result not only in the loss of youth and liveliness but also in the dissipation of the overall human competencies. This paper indicates how this assumption and similar propositions are embedded in a mindless understanding of health and aging. Drawing on numerous experimental research and findings, the paper argues that an increase of mindfulness would largely contribute to an enhancement of liveliness, health and vivacity.

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