What we think about aging has a major influence on our aging process - with regard to role thinking, but astonishingly also on physical health and lifespan. A negative attitude towards aging can cost us up to 7 years lifetime. This was one of the interesting facts that Dr. Verena Klusmann addressed to her audience in her talk "Oh Schreck, ich werde alt!" within the lecture series "Science & Society" on February 2, 2017.
The young scientist from University Konstanz proposed some simple techniques to the 70 people that listened like magnetized: Stay open-minded, do some kind of sports, enjoy walks through the nature and - most of all - fight against your own prejudices. So: Why not offering your seat to a younger person in a bus?
