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Is Full Time Work Bad For Your Brain?

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 2:18 am
by lars63
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

Re: Is Full Time Work Bad For Your Brain?

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 2:38 am
by scared?
No wonder I'm so smart now...

Re: Is Full Time Work Bad For Your Brain?

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 4:26 am
by Whiskey 7
I maybe disappointed but shit I'm' happy :D :D

Re: Is Full Time Work Bad For Your Brain?

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 11:29 am
by Eraser
Oh look, another sensationalist article from a news agency that completely misinterprets researchers' work.

Re: Is Full Time Work Bad For Your Brain?

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 2:34 pm
by seremtan
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: