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Insights on Social Security Claiming Faculty Affiliates and collaborators in the Center�s Financial Security Division, John Shoven and Gopi Shah Goda, have published a new paper that helps to shed light on how to make informed financial decisions about when to claim social security benefits. Read the paper > Read Money Magazine�s article >

Killifish Research Project on the Genetics of Longevity Anne Brunet, Faculty Affiliate, and Dario Valenzano, Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging, and a Postdoctoral Fellow supported by the Center from 2007 to 2010, are mapping the genome of the African turquoise killifish to study how genes influence longevity. Read more >

�Forget Old Age, It�s Time to Live Long and (Really) Prosper� In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Founding Director Laura Carstensen points out that instead of wringing our hands about the problems of old age, we have the opportunity to think imaginatively about redesigning the way we live. Read more >

Stanford Psychologist Studies His Own Brain Center Faculty Affiliate Russell Poldrack scanned his brain to create a detailed map of brain connectivity. He and his colleagues revealed strong correlations between brain function and gene expression, and how the brain reorganizes itself when running low on caffeine. Read more >

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