Yale professor and leading expert on the psychology of successful aging, Dr. Becca Levy, draws on her ground-breaking research to show how age beliefs can be improved so they benefit all aspects of the aging process, including the way genes operate and the extension of life expectancy by 7.5 years. Dr. Becca Levy, Yale Professor, in her pioneering studies of aging has discovered that positive age beliefs can extend our lifespans by 7.5 years. It's time for all of us to rethink aging and Breaking the Age Code shows us how to do just that. Based on her innovative research, as well as stories drawn from pop culture, anthropology, the corporate world, and Levy's own life, Breaking the Age Code shows how age beliefs shape all aspects of our lives. She also presents a variety of fascinating people who have benefited from positive age beliefs as well as an entire town that has flourished with these beliefs. The often-surprising results of Levy's science offer stunning revelations about the mind-body connection. She demonstrates that many health problems formerly considered to be entirely due to the aging process, such as memory loss and hearing decline, are instead, influenced by the negative age beliefs that dominate in the US and other ageist countries. Breaking the Age Code presents easy-to-follow techniques for improving age beliefs so they can contribute to successful aging. The book also offers a blueprint to reduce structural ageism in order to form an age-just society.
