New research shows personalities continue to change as we age

    A program designed to boost cognition in older adults also made them more open to new experiences, according to new research.

    This study and similar new findings suggest that personality is not as fixed as it has been viewed. In their weekly conversation, WHYY’s Behavioral Health reporter Maiken Scott and psychologist Dan Gottlieb discuss how new research is changing our understanding of old age.

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