Authors

Jessica Rothchild

Dispatches of despair
Presents Marc Etkind's anthology of suicide notes, the '...Or Not to Be.' Description of '...Or Not to Be'; Etkind's views regarding people's final thoughts; Views on '...Or Not to Be.'
The power of positive thinking

Presents a study which suggests that such negative portrayals of aging may actually help bring about the memory problems of aging. Methodology of the study; Result of the study; Words with negative and positive connotations about aging; Views on negative stereotypes.