The new science of optimism and longevity
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The new science of optimism and longevity
Optimists tend to live longer, with a 50 to 70 percent greater chance of reaching the age of eighty-five than those who are least optimistic.41
Marc Milstein • The Age-Proof Brain
Optimists are normally cheerful and happy, and therefore popular; they are resilient in adapting to failures and hardships, their chances of clinical depression are reduced, their immune system is stronger, they take better care of their health, they feel healthier than others and are in fact likely to live longer.
Daniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow
Research has shown a staggering number of health benefits associated with dispositional optimism, from improvements in cardiovascular health, to how quickly wounds heal, to slower disease progression.
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