A New Map of Life

Join Dr. Carstensen with the Stanford Center on Longevity to learn the role that culture plays in life expectancy and the importance of building a culture that supports century-long lives.

Webinar Speaker

Laura L. Carstensen, Ph.D., Director, Stanford Center on Longevity

Professor of Psychology and the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy

Dr. Carstensen’s research program includes theoretical and empirical study of motivational and emotional changes that occur with age and the influence such changes have on cognitive processing. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and has served on the MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network on an Aging Society and the National Advisory Council on Aging to National Institute on Aging. She is the author of A Long Bright Future: Happiness, Health, and Financial Security in an Age of Increased Longevity .