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Corinna Löckenhoff

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Corinna Löckenhoff
Alma materUniversity of Marburg
Stanford University
Scientific career
FieldsGerontology
InstitutionsCornell University
Weill Cornell Medicine
ThesisAge-Related Positivity Effects in Information Acquisition and Decision-Making: Testing Socioemotional Selectivity Theory in the Health Domain(2004)
Doctoral advisorLaura L. Carstensen

Corinna Elisabeth Löckenhoff(also spelledLoeckenhoff) is agerontologist.She is a professor of Human Development atCornell Universityand of Gerontology in Medicine atWeill Cornell Medicine.

Education

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Löckenhoff earned her undergraduate degree from theUniversity of Marburg.She went on to receive her PhD in psychology fromStanford Universityin 2004. Her doctoral advisor wasLaura L. Carstensen,and her thesis title wasAge-Related Positivity Effects in Information Acquisition and Decision-Making: Testing Socioemotional Selectivity Theory in the Health Domain.After her PhD, she had a postdoctoral fellowship at theNational Institute on Aging.[1][2]

Career

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Löckenhoff has been a faculty member at Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical since 2009.[1][3]Her research focuses on how psychological factors vary with age and what these variations imply for mental and physical health. She investigates age differences in decision making,[4]and in 2015 she co-edited a book on this topic,Aging and Decision Making,with Thomas M. Hess and JoNell Strough.[5]She also studies the influence of personality and emotion upon health behaviors and outcomes, a line of inquiry exemplified in a 2016 book that she co-edited with Anthony Ong,Emotion, Aging, and Health.[6]

Awards and honors

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TheAssociation for Psychological Sciencerecognized Löckenhoff as a Rising Star in 2011,[7]and she received the Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Foundation Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology from theGerontological Society of Americain 2014.[1][8]She was elected fellow of theGerontological Society of Americain 2016[9][10]and the Association for Psychological Science in 2020.[11]

References

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  1. ^abc"Corinna Loeckenhoff".Cornell University.Archivedfrom the original on June 8, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 12,2020.
  2. ^Loeckenhoff, Corinna Elisabeth (2004).Age-Related Positivity Effects in Information Acquisition and Decision-Making: Testing Socioemotional Selectivity Theory in the Health Domain(PhD thesis). Stanford University.Archivedfrom the original on 2020-01-13.Retrieved2020-01-13.
  3. ^David Hopper (June 16, 2016)."Corinna Löckenhoff, Cornell University – Self-Continuity".The Academic Minute.Archivedfrom the original on August 26, 2016.RetrievedJanuary 11,2020.
  4. ^Stephen D’Angelo (August 14, 2019)."Want the money now or later? It may depend on your age".Cornell Chronicle.Archivedfrom the original on December 21, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 11,2020.
  5. ^Hess, Thomas; Strough, JoNell; Löckenhoff, Corinna, eds. (2015).Aging and Decision Making.Elsevier.ISBN978-0-12-417155-8.Archivedfrom the original on 2020-01-11.Retrieved2020-01-07.
  6. ^Ong, Anthony D.; Löckenhoff, Corinna, eds. (2016).Emotion, Aging, and Health.American Psychological Association.ISBN978-1-4338-2162-2.Archivedfrom the original on 2020-01-11.Retrieved2020-01-07.
  7. ^"Corinna E. Löckenhoff".Observer.Association for Psychological Science. December 16, 2011.Archivedfrom the original on January 11, 2020.RetrievedJanuary 11,2020.
  8. ^"Loeckenhoff reaps early career award in gerontology".Cornell Chronicle.August 13, 2014.Archivedfrom the original on January 11, 2020.RetrievedJanuary 11,2020.
  9. ^"The Gerontological Society of America Selects 2016 Fellows".Gerontological Society of America. May 31, 2016.Archivedfrom the original on December 3, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 11,2020.
  10. ^"GSA Current Fellows".Gerontological Society of America.Archivedfrom the original on December 8, 2019.RetrievedJanuary 12,2020.
  11. ^"APS Fellows".Archivedfrom the original on 23 July 2020.Retrieved12 October2020.
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