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	Corsentino, Elizabeth A., et al, "Religious Attendance Reduces Cognitive Decline Among Older Women With High Levels of Depressive Symptoms", Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, December 2009 (Vol. 64A, No. 12)
		http://biomedgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/64A/12/1283 The authors find evidence that religious attendance may offer mental stimulation that helps to maintain cognitive functioning in later life.
	Mickler, Charlotte, and Staudinger, Ursula M., "Personal Wisdom: Validation and Age-Related Differences of a Performance Measure", Psychology and Aging, December 2008 (Vol. 23, No. 4)
		http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=main.doiLanding&uid=2008-19072-012 Mickler and Staudinger find that adults age 60-80 did about the same as adults age 20-40 with regard to indicators of personality growth, subjective well-being, intelligence, critical life events, and general wisdom.
	Rejeski, W. Jack, "Mindfulness: Reconnecting the Body and Mind in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology", Gerontologist, 2008 (Vol. 48)
		http://gerontologist.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/2/135 Describes how mindfulness-based interventions have potential within the context of geriatric medicine and gerontology, especially why mindfulness may be particularly useful in promoting physical activity among older adults and how physical activity may be used as a vehicle to promote mindfulness.
	Schlehofer, Michèle M., et al, "How Do ‘Religion’ and ‘Spirituality’ Differ? Lay Definitions Among Older Adults", Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, September 2008 (Vol. 47, No. 3)
		http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121390779/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 The authors find that older Americans tend to draw a distinction between religion and spirituality, where religion has to do with personal beliefs, community affiliation, and organized practices, while spirituality often is taken in a non-theistic sense.
	Zhang, Wei, "Religious Participation and Mortality Risk among the Oldest Old in China", Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 2008 (Vol. 63)
		http://psychsoc.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/63/5/S293 After studying Chinese people age 80 to 105, Zhang found religious participation to be significantly associated with lower risk of mortality for the oldest old women and for individuals in poor health. Engaging in leisure activities and exercises partially accounted for this association.
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