Life expectancy may affect life decisions  April 9, 2012 at 9:13
PM   |   0 comments  KINGSTON, Ontario, April 9 (UPI) --
Decisions about marriage, divorce, abortion or having a child
may subconsciously influence how long people think they will
live, a Canadian researcher says.  Daniel Krupp, a post-doctoral
fellow in the math department of Queen's University in Kingston,
Ontario, who has a background in psychology and biology, said
the longer a person expects to live, the more time they will
invest in education and attend college or even graduate school.
If life expectancy is short, someone may decide to get married
and have children sooner, or stick with the partner they are
currently with rather than seek a divorce, Knupp said.  "Life
expectancy might be driving all of these major decisions," Krupp
said in a statement. "It is impossible to know how long someone
is going to live, but there are many life expectancy cues not
consciously processed, affecting how many more years people
expect to live. How heal