Complex occupations help protect our brains from aging-related cognitive decline

By SharpBrains | December 15, 2021

Cog­ni­tive aging: Work helps our brain (AAAS): A recent study shows that work plays an active role in keep­ing our brains healthy. “We have demon­strat­ed the role of work­ing activ­i­ty on cog­ni­tive per­for­mance”. Pro­fes­sor Raf­fael­la Rumiati says … “Many stud­ies have been focused on the fac­tors influ­enc­ing our brain aging and dif­fer­ences in cog­ni­tive decline…

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Jobs with low physical stress and good working conditions linked to larger hippocampus and better memory

By SharpBrains | July 21, 2020

CSU study links phys­i­cal stress on the job with brain and mem­o­ry decline in old­er age (press release): A new study out of Col­orado State Uni­ver­si­ty has found that phys­i­cal stress in one’s job may be asso­ci­at­ed with faster brain aging and poor­er mem­o­ry. Aga Burzyn­s­ka, an assis­tant pro­fes­sor in the Depart­ment of Human Development…

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Alzheimer’s Risk and Prevention: the Cognitive Reserve

By Alvaro Fernandez | October 22, 2008

A cou­ple of recent research find­ings are mak­ing the media rounds, bring­ing much need­ed atten­tion to the high Alzheimer’s rates among Lati­nos and to pre­ven­tive approach­es based on the Cog­ni­tive Reserve — such as, what jobs we choose: More Alzheimer’s risk for His­pan­ics, stud­ies find (Inter­na­tion­al Her­ald Tri­bune): — Stud­ies sug­gest that many His­pan­ics may…

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