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Positive Emotions as Determinant of Health in the Second Half of Life

Mon, April 9, 2018
Lunch Program
Anthony D. Ong

Changes in cognitive and physiological functioning pervade the aging process. Importantly, alterations in these processes are not invariant with age, but are influenced by individual differences in vulnerability and resilience that accrue across the lifespan. In this talk, Anthony D. Ong, professor of human development at Cornell University, will focus on what is known about positive emotions as a contributing factor in slowing or delaying the rate of age-associated decline in resilience, describe plausible mechanisms that underlie the association between positive emotions and mental and physical health, review illustrative studies examining these mechanisms, and discuss new research questions that pose important challenges for future research.

Dr. Anthony D. Ong  holds appointments at Weill Cornell Medical College and at Cornell University, where he is professor of human development and director of the Human Health Labs.

He received his Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Southern California and completed his postdoctoral training in adult development and aging at the University of Notre Dame.

He is an elected fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, an Outstanding Educator and a Merrill Presidential Scholar. Ong is the author of Emotion, Aging and Health, and the Oxford Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology. His research has been funded by the National Institute of Aging and the Templeton Foundation among others.

Dr. Ong's Athenaeum presentation is co-sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family & Children at CMC.

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