Older adults’ willingness to give away money is associated with decreased cognitive function, according to a study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. These results suggest that an increase in this behavior, known as financial altruism, could be linked to the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The stud, funded by the National Institute on… Continue reading The Risk of Generosity
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We Become More Generous as We Age
People tend to become more generous as they age, especially when it comes to helping strangers. Greater generosity in late life may be an avenue for emotional gratification and sense of purpose for the elderly. That is the finding of a study done at the National University of Singapore and reported online in Journals of… Continue reading We Become More Generous as We Age