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FuddyDuddy
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PostPosted: 12-28-2016 06:18 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Don’t do an IQ test after a full week’s work if you are 40 years or older. You could be disappointed.
If you’re over 40, working more than 25 hours of work a week could be impairing your intelligence, according to a study released in February by researchers for the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research in Australia. The team conducted reading, pattern and memory tests in more than 6,000 workers aged over 40, to see how the number of hours worked each week affects a person’s cognitive ability. More:

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/201607 ... our-brains



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PostPosted: 12-28-2016 06:38 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


No wonder I'm so smart now...




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Just another Earthling
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PostPosted: 12-28-2016 08:26 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I maybe disappointed but shit I'm' happy :D :D



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Cool #9
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PostPosted: 12-29-2016 03:29 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Oh look, another sensationalist article from a news agency that completely misinterprets researchers' work.




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Etile
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PostPosted: 12-29-2016 06:34 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


the article title should really be does getting your jimmies rustled by every piece of clickbait on the internet make you dumber? our research says yes :idea:




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