New study infers our wellbeing by analyzing the language we use around ageing, using language markers to enable "a different type of access to individuals’ inner worlds"



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When I am sixty-four… evaluating language markers of well-being in healthy aging narratives 

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STUDY PARTICIPANTS WROTE ESSAYS ABOUT THEIR “DEEPEST THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT AGING WELL”.

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New study infers our wellbeing by analyzing the language we use around ageing, using language markers to enable "a different type of access to individuals’ inner worlds"

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0302103

Article Title: When I am sixty-four… evaluating language markers of well-being in healthy aging narratives

Author Countries: Switzerland, USA, Australia

Funding: Funding by the Jacobs Foundation (https://jacobsfoundation.org/en/; awarded to TM) and the Swiss National Science Foundation SNF ((https://www.snf.ch/en/; fellowship P2ZHP1_199409 awarded to TM), as well as by the “Gerontopsychology and Gerontology” unit, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland (https://www.psychology.uzh.ch/en/areas/dev/geronto.html) helped to conduct this research. The preparation of this manuscript was further supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (https://www.nih.gov; U19AG065169 awarded to MRM). The views, opinions, and findings contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be construed as position, policy, or decision of the aforementioned agencies, unless so designated by other documents. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.