Use It Or Lose It?
Use It Or Lose It?
Researchers Ross Andel and James Mortimer used the Swedish Twin Registry consisting of over 40 years of data to study more than 10,000 pairs of twins where one of the pair was mentally healthy and the other diagnosed with dementia. They found a lower risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s existed among those who did “complex work with people, such as speaking to, instructing or negotiating with people….”
Andel, who published the study findings in the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, concluded “our results suggest that intellectually demanding activity at work may facilitate brain health in old age.”
