An appreciation of remaining time leads older people to be more grateful for what they have, Carstensen and other researchers say.

Carstensen和其它研究者说，对剩余时间的赏识使得年纪大的人们往往对拥有的东西更加感激。

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Old age may not be so bad"Given all the problems of aging, how could the elderly be more satisfied?"asks Professor Laura Carstensen.

Laura Carstensen教授提出这样的疑问“考虑到所有有关年龄的问题，怎样才能让老年人更加满意？”

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In one survey, Carstensen interviewed 184 people between the ages of 18 and 94, and asked them to fill out an emotions questionnaire.

在一次调查中，Carstensen访问了184名年龄在18到94岁的人，并要求他们填写了情感调查问卷。

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The findings backed up what Carstensen had seen during her 20 years of clinical work.

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The experience so marked Carstensen that the self-described wild child hunkered down and earned a Ph.

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Carstensen, a single mother, broke 20 bones, and doctors said if she lived, she would never walk again.

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