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Posted on 06/24/2025 6:29:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai
New research has found that being overworked can physically alter the brain.
Researchers in South Korea set out to understand how working long hours impact the cognitive and emotional health of employees.
The study, published in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine, assessed the brain volume of 110 healthcare workers who were classified by the categories of overworked — working greater than or equal to 52 hours per week — and non-overworked. […]
The increased brain volume as observed was found in regions associated with executive functions, (study co-author Wanhyung) Lee said, such as memory, decision-making and attention — as well as emotional regulation, such as stress management and emotional stability.
While these changes may initially reflect a need to manage “ongoing occupational stress,” according to Lee, there could be potential risks of prolonged or chronic alterations.
This could include neural strain, inflammation or maladaptive reorganization. —
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Give me a lottery win and I’ll stop working.
I have no idea what “maladaptive reorganization” is.
This phenomenon is unknown in France.
It basically means, I think, that the time you have available for a job is how long it will take to do that job. If you twice the time, you’ll take twice the time to do the work.
You should be working as quickly as competently possible to stay sharp.
Yea.
Like any other muscle. It gets stronger.
+1
Is it the real life, or is it just fantasy? The sodomite Freddie never knew....nor will we when “science” is nothing more than who is saying it. Truth, truth, tell me again what it is please.
The study, published in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine, assessed the brain volume of 110 healthcare workers who were classified by the categories of overworked — working greater than or equal to 52 hours per week — and non-overworked. […]
So that’s what happened!
I never minded long hours if the work was interesting and under my control. When I had to work long hours because of others ineptitude and bad management I hated it.
what you said......
I believe the 40 hour work week was designed by sociologists and psychologists to maximize production and also to fit three shifts in 24 hours.
There are also rules for truckers and pilots to ensure safety.
Conforms with my philosophy- why stand when you can sit? Or why sit when you can lie down?
Work your fingers to the bone, what do you get?
Certainly won’t bd a problem for Democrat politicians, their constituents or Federal workers (most of all).
Boney fingers.
Good ol’ Hoyt Axton.
Most who work long hours also know how to balance their life outside those hours....some love their work and love all it entails.....I know such ones.
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