Older people more positive than young, says report

[25 March 2006 - Daily Mail - UK] People become more positive as they get older, scientists have found. It is the young who tend to have a "glass empty" view of the world, research suggests. The findings turn popular conceptions about ageing on their head. ... Dr Michael Kisley, from the University of Colorado in the US, who led the study, reported in the journal Psychological Science, said: "Whereas younger adults often pay more attention to emotionally negative information, older adults tend to assign equal importance to emotionally positive information." More