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Welcome to brain science, the podcast that explores how recent findings in neuroscience are unraveling the mystery of how our brains make us human.

I'm your host Dr. Ginger Campbell, and this is episode 154.

Today I'm going to be talking with Dr. Alan Castel, author of Better With Age, the Psychology

of Successful Aging. Now I know what some of you might be thinking I don't want to

talk about aging I'm young however the point of this episode is that our attitudes and what we do when we're younger are going

to impact what happens to us and whether we are successful at aging. So I hope that you will listen whatever your age.

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As always I'll be back after the interview to review a few key ideas and make a few brief announcements.

Alan, it's great to have you on brain science and I'm looking

to have you on brain science and I'm looking forward to talking about your new book.

Thank you. It's great to be here.

So before we talk about your book, Better with Age,

the psychology of successful aging.

I'd like you to just tell us a little about your background

and how you ended up doing this.

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