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Experts Advise Couples to Adjust Household Roles with Age and Empathy

Neuroscience explains why long-standing habits resist change in later life

A 65-year-old woman asked experts how to encourage her 75-year-old partner to contribute more to household chores after years of unequal division. Neuroscience explains why long-standing habits resist change in later life Professor Simon Eickhoff of Düsseldorf University Hospital notes that decades of established routines create deep neural pathways, making sudden shifts in responsibility feel … Weiterlesen …