Age bias is subconscious, study indicates
New research led by Flinders University helps to explain why age distinctions proliferate.
Sep 14, 2018
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New research led by Flinders University helps to explain why age distinctions proliferate.
Sep 14, 2018
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Older adults living in counties with greater age bias had better health outcomes than those living in areas with less age bias, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers, who were surprised at the findings.
Nov 25, 2022
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Most conscientious adults tend to avoid making biased or discriminatory comments in the presence of children.
Dec 21, 2016
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People of all ages tend to misjudge the strength of other people's emotions based on an egocentric bias, according to a new study by Associate Professor Hajimu Hayashi, Kobe University Graduate School of Human Development ...
Jul 2, 2019
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A national study from England indicates that older women are often not offered immediate breast reconstruction following a mastectomy, even though guidelines state that surgeons should discuss reconstruction with all suitable ...
Feb 8, 2017
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The Reframing Aging Initiative (RAI), a long-term social change endeavor designed to improve the public's understanding of aging and the ways that older people contribute to society, has released "Communication Best Practices: ...
Apr 4, 2022
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Elders are more respected in Japan and China and not so much in more individualistic nations like the United States and Germany, say Michigan State University researchers who conclude in a pair of studies that age bias varies ...
Nov 30, 2020
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A new study has found that bowel cancer patients under 50 often experience delays in diagnosis, despite rates of bowel cancer markedly increasing in this group in recent decades.
Jun 1, 2023
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Information on individuals' mobility—where they go as measured by their smartphones—has been used widely in devising and evaluating ways to respond to COVID-19, including how to target public health resources. Yet little ...
Mar 17, 2021
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Two people of the same age can look and act very differently in terms of how old they seem. The secret lies in their "biological age," a measure of cell and tissue health.
Jun 12, 2024
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