Dr. Tara Swart

In before and after photos that were shown to people that didn't know them, they were rated as younger in the one week after photos than the photos from arriving at that place. And the reminiscing group also had some improvements, but not as much as the group that lived like they were in their 60s.

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Well, my optician told me. So he's of Indian origin, same age as me. And he said, oh, I think, you know, you're probably gonna need reading glasses next year. And I was like, no, I do not want reading glasses. That makes you look really old. And he was like- Yeah, I know we both look younger than we are, but your eyes are going to age just like anybody else's. And I was like, no, they are not.

Well, my optician told me. So he's of Indian origin, same age as me. And he said, oh, I think, you know, you're probably gonna need reading glasses next year. And I was like, no, I do not want reading glasses. That makes you look really old. And he was like- Yeah, I know we both look younger than we are, but your eyes are going to age just like anybody else's. And I was like, no, they are not.

So I left, came back a year later. He said, how's it going with the reading? So it's fine. And he sort of went, okay, Tara. So he's doing my eye test. He spins around on his little chair halfway through and says, your eyes haven't got worse. They haven't even stayed the same. They've got better. And I said, I know. And he said, what have you been doing?

So I left, came back a year later. He said, how's it going with the reading? So it's fine. And he sort of went, okay, Tara. So he's doing my eye test. He spins around on his little chair halfway through and says, your eyes haven't got worse. They haven't even stayed the same. They've got better. And I said, I know. And he said, what have you been doing?

And I said, well, I just said no to you when you said I'm going to have to get reading glasses. And when I'm like looking at my phone or a book and it feels like it would be a bit easier if I moved it further away, I just don't.

And I said, well, I just said no to you when you said I'm going to have to get reading glasses. And when I'm like looking at my phone or a book and it feels like it would be a bit easier if I moved it further away, I just don't.

Um. Well, I hadn't experienced a problem with my reading, but he was obviously seeing the numbers slightly change. I really didn't do much more than what I've just said. So it was like not accepting the limitation and then not changing my behavior. And I think that's what you see from the third group of people, which is that...

Um. Well, I hadn't experienced a problem with my reading, but he was obviously seeing the numbers slightly change. I really didn't do much more than what I've just said. So it was like not accepting the limitation and then not changing my behavior. And I think that's what you see from the third group of people, which is that...

they had to change their behavior to live like without any help and in a way that they had to when they were younger. So that essentially removed the limitations that we impose on ourself, which is that if I'm X age, it must mean that I need reading glasses or I need a walking stick or whatever it is.

they had to change their behavior to live like without any help and in a way that they had to when they were younger. So that essentially removed the limitations that we impose on ourself, which is that if I'm X age, it must mean that I need reading glasses or I need a walking stick or whatever it is.

There's a kind of opposite experiment to that too, which was done with young medical students in Florida. And they had to walk between five rooms and on the table were five pieces of paper with a word on it and you had to string a sentence out of it. But that wasn't the real experiment. They thought that was the experiment.

There's a kind of opposite experiment to that too, which was done with young medical students in Florida. And they had to walk between five rooms and on the table were five pieces of paper with a word on it and you had to string a sentence out of it. But that wasn't the real experiment. They thought that was the experiment.

The real experiment was that in one of the rooms, the words that were on the table were Florida Beach Sunshine Walk.