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January • 2000
Volume 31 • Number 1
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Successful Aging
Psychologists' research is changing attitudes about what it takes to live the good and longer life.
The 16th century Spanish explorer, Ponce de Leon, marched off in search of the fountian of youth, only to dicover death. Intruding into hostile Indian territory in Florida, de Leon was killed by an arrow at age 47.
But today millions of Americans are experiencing the longer life that eluded de Leon. In fact, the percentage of Americans age 65 and older has more than tripled in the last 100 years, and now represents 13 percent of the population.
Not only are more people living into the second 50 years of life, 70,000 centenarians have entered their third 50 years.
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Suddenly, a big impact on criminal justice
Work by experimental psychologists may forever change the way police gather eyewitness testimony - and help prevent the wrong person from being indicted for a crime.
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How would your practice records look to the FBI?
A massive enforcement push is combing through health-care records in search of fraud and abuse - and psychologists may be targeted.
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No goal out of reach
Pat DeLeon, APA's 2000-1 president, talks about making the seemingly impossible possible.
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