Additional Supplementary Resources

Websites

• Seattle Longitudinal Study (SLS) of adult cognition 

  • This study began in 1956 and is one of the most influential perspectives on cognition during middle adulthood.
• Midlife in the United States Studies  (MIDUS)
  • This longitudinal study began in 1994. The MIDUS data supports the view that this period of life is something of a trade-off, with some cognitive and physical decreases of varying degrees.

Videos

• Aging and cognitive abilities | Khan Academy

  • Learn about how cognitive abilities change as we age.
• Rethinking Infidelity…. a Talk for Anyone Who has ever Loved
  • Infidelity is the ultimate betrayal. But does it have to be? Relationship therapist Esther Perel examines why people cheat and unpacks why affairs are so traumatic: because they threaten our emotional security. In infidelity, she sees something unexpected — an expression of longing and loss. A must-watch for anyone who has ever cheated or been cheated on, or who simply wants a new framework for understanding relationships.

• Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | The Gottman Institute

  • Certain negative communication styles are so lethal to a relationship that Dr. John Gottman calls them the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They predict relationship failure with over 90% accuracy if the behavior isn’t changed.
• A Brief History of Divorce: TedEd
  • Formally or informally, human societies across place and time have made rules to bind and dissolve couples. The stakes of who can obtain a divorce, and why, have always been high. Divorce is a battlefield for some of society’s most urgent issues, including the roles of church and state, individual rights, and women’s rights. Rod Phillips digs into the complicated history of divorce.

• 100 Years of Beauty: Aging 

  • If you had a crystal ball and could gaze into the future, how would you feel seeing the love of your life as a 90-year-old? Cut offered a young couple about to say their vows the unique chance to do just that by aging them over 60 years with incredibly life-like makeup and prosthetics. We dare you not to tear up as they fall in love again and again.