Posted on 07/13/2020 10:32:51 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Desk jobs keep people mentally sharp while physical labor increases the risk of memory and concentration problems, a study has found.
A lack of physical activity has long been thought to lead to major health conditions, including problems with cognition.
But a study has found that sitting at a desk all day may actually be beneficial for our brains.
Scientists believe this is because office-based work is more mentally challenging and can therefore protect against cognitive decline.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge tested the mental abilities of 8,500 working adults over a 12-year period.
They found that participants who worked in an office and had a desk-based job performed better at cognitive tests regardless of their education.
The study also found that those who worked in an office environment throughout the 12 years were more likely to have cognitive test scores in the top 10 percent.
But those in manual work were three times more likely to have poor cognition. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“People work harder when they are work clothes versus t shirt and gym pants.”
In all truth, you are correct. There’s that old saying, “Clothes make the man,” and it is correct. Working from home IS very distracting (as I sit at home typing this, when I should be doing actual work). We really do need to get back to our usual habits - they developed over the course of hundreds of years, and there’s a reason why...they are generally successful.
Oh, yeah. Nothing like an extra hundred pounds or more of fat to feed to the brain. Makes people smarter!
“Would you buy that for a quarter” (”The Marching Morons,” C.M. Kornbluth)?
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51233
(free online short story)
I’ve had “high level” office work fairly uninterrupted since 1984 with a few manual labor stints thrown in here and there (always had at least two jobs)
Can’t WAIT to escape the office/cubicle grind January 29th! Retirement! I much prefer working on my rental properties i.e. physical labor.
I agree!! I think it’s complete BS to say the WFH model is effective
I’ve had office jobs and I’ve worked as a mail man. All things being equal, I liked being outside walking around a lot more than checking the clock on the wall in an office
I thought sitting was supposed to be the new smoking?
Sounds like an indirect way of trying to get people to accept even more cultural dilution (aka, immigration).
Wild guess... This guy works in an office?
100% agree. This WFH model is a huge dud and companies will be pushing to fill the office back as revs/sales will suffer greatly without it.
Stopped right there. Ivy schools are always looking for ways to make a bigger name by some baloney research paper they can get published.
Yeah, some ditch digging isn’t particularly mentally challenging and might not be a big help in keeping the brain exercised.
But God forbid a modern study not confuse causation and correlation!
What a hoot. I suppose they believe those who do skilled labor never have to use their brains. Perhaps they also are of the opinion that the work they do is all they do. I mean no chance of any intellectual pursuits. Oh how those who labor with their hands must long for the mind enriching atmos of the grey fabric cubicle.
i read it, i will just say i disagree, i have worked form home twice and have been just as productive as if i was in the office, access to managers and co-workers is either email or video away
Could this study be bulldroppings, like most studies? How about this: sharp people are more likely to work in an office than at menial jobs. EH?
FIELD GOOD! OFFICE BAD!
I can tell you, as a former supply squadron Asst. NCOIC of a warehouse complex; and, as the Office Manager for the Census 2000 in Portland, Oregon; this study has some validity.
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