“Our perceptions or conceptions of old age are obviously shifting across historical time. People nowadays who are in midlife or who are older adults believe that old age begins later than did their peers 10 or 20 years ago,” said Markus Wettstein, the study’s lead author and a psychologist at Humboldt University of Berlin.

In a new study, researchers have explored how modern adults perceive the onset of old age compared to previous generations. The experts found that, as life expectancy increases and retirement ages are pushed back, the public perception of when old age begins is shifting to later in life.

The study revolves around the question “At what age would you describe someone as old?” Decades ago, folks born in 1911 set the beginning of old age at 71 when they were asked that question at age 65,

Researchers have found perceptions about age differ wildly between generations, with senior citizens possibly suffering from “age-group disassociation” when they insist that they’re not yet elderly. Scholars from the University of Berlin,

If you’re wondering when old age is going to start officially, then there’s arguably no one better to ask than those already living their best elderly lives. Growing old is a natural part of human existence,