Alan Castel
UCLA psychology professor who studies memory and ageing; wrote Better with Age.
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- Alan Castel is a professor of psychology at UCLA, on the faculty from 2006.
- He studies learning, memory, attention and ageing, especially how people choose what is important to remember.
- His lab also studies scams that target older adults.
- He wrote the general-audience book Better with Age: The Psychology of Successful Aging.
- He earned his PhD at the University of Toronto.
Key facts
- Position
- Professor, Department of Psychology, UCLA, from 20061
- Research
- Value-directed remembering, metacognition, memory and ageing1
- Book
- Better with Age: The Psychology of Successful Aging1
- Education
- PhD, University of Toronto; fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis1
- Awards
- APA Springer Early Career Award, Fulbright Scholar Award, UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award1
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