Mentally stimulating and demanding occupations may keep your mind sharp long after retirement

A mentally demanding job may stress you out today but can provide important benefits after you retire, according to a new study."Based on data spanning 18 years, our study suggests that certain kinds of challenging jobs have the potential to enhance and protect workers' mental functioning in later life," said Gwenith Fisher, a faculty associate at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research and assistant professor of psychology at Colorado State University.



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