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There are three ages: chronological, biological and psychological. These are interrelated so that each influences the other significantly. Then find out how our psychological age affects biological.

There are different age groups which are interdependent, in general we only consider the chronological age, but when talking about this we mean only the number of years that we have so far.

In addition to the chronological age ages there are two other equally important are the biological and psychological.

Biological age refers to the physical or body wasting, and psychological age that you feel mentally as well as the usual thoughts and emotions.

Experiments showed that our beliefs and expectations influence the body. These include a study which asked a group of men over 75 who acted for a time as if they were 20 years younger, ie, they induced them to change their psychological age. The result, after this experience ended, was that these men had significantly improved memory and eyesight and hearing.

These data lead us to one conclusion: our prejudices, our expectations and the mental image of ourselves that strongly affect our body.

Given these results should consider the importance of reviewing our assumptions and beliefs about the elderly, and if it finds that are harmful, we could change them with more acceptable.

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