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I was listening this morning to a Hidden Brain feature on mindset (from 2014), and they mentioned something called the Milkshake Experiment (published in 2011 with sample size n=46, not to be confused with the 1975 Milkshake Study). I found a related TED Talk about mindset that delved into the mindset impact on ourselves. Here are the juicy parts from the transcript:

[...] I’ve presented four studies that demonstrate the power of mindsets in medicine, in exercise, in diet, and in stress. There are many other very talented scholars tackling this phenomena as we speak. Carol Dweck’s research demonstrates us that if we can shift our mindset about intelligence and talent as something that’s fixed to something that’s changeable over time, it can dramatically alter our academic and professional success.

Yale epidemiologist Becca Levy’s research shows us that if we can change our mindsets about aging, from viewing aging as an inevitable process of deterioration to a process of gaining wisdom, gaining growth, not only shapes the course of how we grow old but even extends longevity.