Retirement causes brain function to rapidly decline, warn scientists

Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 22 January 2018 • 5:08PM | Sarah Knapton

[Olog-hai]

Workers looking forward to enjoying a long and leisurely retirement after years of toil may need to think again.

New research shows that brain function declines rapidly as soon as people stop work and put their feet up.

A major British study which tracked 3,400 retired civil servants found that short-term memory declines nearly 40 percent faster once employees become pensioners.

It appears that the lack of regular stimulation takes a heavy toll on cognitive function and speeds up memory loss and dementia, researchers warned.

Professor Cary Cooper, an expert in organizational psychology at Manchester Business School, said the study confirmed previous research suggesting that if people don’t use it, they lose it. “It makes it more likely that dementia will set in earlier,” he said. …

[buckalfa]

Hey, I resemble those remarks !

[FlingWingFlyer]

What about uncivil servants? How did they do in this survey?

[yuleeyahoo]

retired civil servants found that short-term memory declines nearly 40 percent faster once employees become pensioners

Is it really possible for civil servants to get any dumber?

[elcid1970]

Results unknown because they told the surveyor none of your business & GFY.

;^)

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Is it really possible for civil servants to get any dumber?

Hey, I resemble that remark!

[stylin19a]

Thank God for FR or I’d be dribbling even more tapioca on my chin.

[neverevergiveup]

So does getting elected as a Democrat.

[piytar]

Not always the case. For example my parents are both retired but they have kept their minds active. My mom and dad have both taken an interest in quantum mechanics, politics, sports, and other subjects. They’re sharp as ever. Retirement is not the thing that makes minds get flabby. Lack of interest and thinking is.

[Parmy]

Suveying cilve servants says it all.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Not to worry...FR exercises my mind plenty. Plus, I am much exercised about the corruption at DNC, HRC, FBI, DOJ, et al.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

LOL...I hear you! You put it better than I did in #12.

[Olog-hai]

Or RINO, or Labourite, or Red Tory, or LibDem . . .

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Quantum mechanics?

Why that’s nothing compared to the web of deceit and corruption by democrats attempting to steal the country.

[Vaduz]

So funeral and retirement party on the same day don’t like the odds.

[BenLurkin]

Big brother wants you to die in the yoke.

[iowamark]

Nonsense! I am not retired, but my brain function is declining rapidly.

[Bigg Red]

Oh, horsefeathers! If you retire and then just sit in front of the TV you will decline. But keeping your mind engaged is the key.

[Political Junkie Too]

What happened to encouraging people to retire in order to free up jobs for younger workers?

It was only a few years ago that there were stories of older workers "hoarding" jobs by working longer and not retiring.

-PJ