# Prof. Adam Alter's research on the impact of milestone birthdays is featured

1 Faculty News January 9, 2015 ![Daily Mail logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032858.jpg?itok=m26FE-Qc)>

Excerpt from [Daily Mail](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2903444/Men-fear-sexual-affairs-women-upset-partner-falls-love-else.html) -- "People who are 29, 39, 49 or 59 are more likely to cheat and make life-changing decisions as they approach a milestone birthday, a study published in November revealed... Lead author [Adam Alter](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/adam-alter), from New York University, said: ‘People audit the meaningfulness of their lives as they approach a new decade.'"

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