Tag: emotional stability
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Redefining Peak Age: Why Growing Older Can Be a Professional Advantage
Introduction: Rethinking the Aging Narrative When we think about peak performance, age often comes to mind as a limiting factor. Yet recent research by a team of scholars, including a colleague and me, challenges this idea. Published in Intelligence, our study suggests that overall psychological functioning peaks between ages 55 and 60 for many people,…
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Redefining Peak Age: Exciting Prospects in Older Adulthood
Redefining Peak Age: Why Growing Older Can Spark Extraordinary Performance For years, popular wisdom has suggested that peak performance—whether in athletics, mathematics, or chess—occurs early in life and then gradually declines. A recent study by researchers including a colleague and myself, published in Intelligence, challenges this narrative. Our work shows that many aspects of overall…