Are You Only As Young As You Feel?

In her book Counterclockwise, Harvard professor Ellen Langer recounts a groundbreaking study she did in 1979 that has since become the stuff of legend. She took a group of male research subjects in their 70’s and 80’s on a retreat. The environment had been manipulated to make it seem like it was twenty years prior. The residents were all aware of the real year but being immersed in the world of 1959 and being encouraged to act like they were younger men had powerful effects on them: The experimental group showed greater improvement on joint flexibility, finger length (their arthritis diminished and they were able to straighten their fingers more), and manual dexterity.

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  • Young Definition & Meaning
    : being in the first or an early stage of life, growth, or development. b. : junior sense 1a. c. : of an early, tender, or desirable age for use as food or drink. fresh young lamb. a young wine. 2. : having little experience. 3. a. : recently come into being : new. a young publishing company. b. : youthful sense 5. 4.
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    1. Being in an early period of life, development, or growth. 2. Newly begun or formed; not advanced: a young biotech company. 3. Relating to, typical of, or suggestive of youth or early life: He is young for his age. 4. Lacking experience; immature: a young hand at plowing. 5. Being the junior of two people having the same name. 6.
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  • YOUNG Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words
    Play. Synonyms for YOUNG: offspring, brood, hatch, progeny, child, litter, seed, fruit; Antonyms of YOUNG: father, parent, grandfather, progenitor, ancestor, forefather, antecedent, forebear.
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  • YOUNG definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    Definition of 'young' ×. Credits. young. (jʌŋ) Word forms: comparative younger (jʌŋgəʳ), superlative youngest (jʌŋgəst) 1.adjective. A young person, animal, or plant has not lived or existed for very long and is not yet mature . In Scotland, young people can marry at 16. You weren't so very young when she died; you were old enough to remember.
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  • YOUNG Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com
    adjective, young·er [yuhng-ger], young·est [yuhng-gist]. being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman. having the appearance, freshness, vigor, or other qualities of youth. of or relating to youth: in one's young days. inexperienced or immature.
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