A New Zealand City the Size of Berkeley, CA, Has Been Studying Aging for 45 Years. Here’s What They Discovered

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The Dunedin Study, which began as a study of childhood development, has become one of humanity’s richest treasure troves of data on what makes us who we are.

Highlights:
The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, which began more than four decades ago, has
generated data used in the publication of some 1,200 scientific papers.
→ It's an example of a longitudinal study, in which data related to a group of individuals are 
observed and recorded over a long period of time.

→ Findings from the study have taught us about the connection between self-control and success in life, the prevalence of mental illness, and identified many biological markers of aging.