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Professor Michael North discusses negative stereotypes about aging

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Excerpt from The Wall Street Journal -- "Stereotypes in general—negative and positive—are entrenched in part because they help us take cognitive shortcuts. By offering a way to 'automatically categorize people into social groups,' they allow us to 'free up mental energy to' live our daily lives, says Michael North, an assistant professor of management and organizations at New York University’s Stern School of Business."

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