{"607580":{"#nid":"607580","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The older the better: Elderly people are more successful at warding off unhappiness than millennials, says new study","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA study has found that older people are better equipped to ward off unhappiness than millennials. The \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.biorxiv.org\/content\/early\/2018\/07\/03\/359901\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E found that the brains of young adults are geared toward\u0026nbsp;\u0026#39;hyper-vigilance\u0026#39; against threats and that older people experience the opposite effect. It found older people\u0026#39;s brains attempted to block out threats and this \u0026#39;positivity\u0026nbsp; effect\u0026#39; was enough to hinder bad memories being created. Speaking to The Times, \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/duartelab.gatech.edu\/people.html\u0022\u003EBrittany Corbett\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, who led the research said: \u0026#39;As we age, we try to have better overall wellbeing and protect our emotional health. Older adults that focus more on negativity avoidance seemingly live happier lives, have better health and longevity.\u0026quot; Corbett is a member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/duartelab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EMemory and Aging Lab\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, directed by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.psychology.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/335\u0022\u003EAudrey Duarte\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the School of Psychology.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2018-07-09 17:58:00","changed_gmt":"2018-07-09 17:58:00","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"leadership search","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-5928683\/Elderly-people-successful-warding-unhappiness-millennials-says-new-study.html","dateline":{"date":"2018-07-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-07-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"607578":{"id":"607578","type":"image","title":"Brittany Corbett","body":null,"created":"1531156578","gmt_created":"2018-07-09 17:16:18","changed":"1531156578","gmt_changed":"2018-07-09 17:16:18","alt":"","file":{"fid":"231761","name":"BrittanyCorbett_headshot (002).JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/BrittanyCorbett_headshot%20%28002%29.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/BrittanyCorbett_headshot%20%28002%29.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":317346,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/BrittanyCorbett_headshot%20%28002%29.JPG?itok=I792kRbZ"}}},"media_ids":["607578"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}