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<\/p>\nThe job you hold could play an important role in your brain health later in life \u2014 so choose wisely.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A growing number of studies and research show that jobs involving significant creativity and decision-making could lower your risk of getting Alzheimer\u2019s or other types of dementia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cMany studies suggest that, if people are working in complex jobs during their lifetime, they have a lower likelihood of developing dementia in later life,\u201d Jinshil Hyun, assistant professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, told The Washington Post.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n More education leads to occupational complexity, lower dementia risk<\/p>\n Previous studies on the topic have hinted that additional education can lower the risk of memory-loss diseases, but new research suggests it\u2019s actually the jobs people hold post-education that are lowering that risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n Americans spend much of their lives working, typically forty hours a week, so it\u2019s important to have a job that engages the human brain. Individuals who further their education see higher occupational complexity, lowering the risk of dementia, a recent study found.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Naaheed Mukadam, a professor of psychiatry at University College London who took part in the study, confirmed the findings to The Post.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople who have more education tend to get into better-paid, more complex jobs,\u201d Mukadam said. \u201cThen, the benefits for their physical and cognitive health compound in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n Other studies found that individuals with higher income have a lower risk of dementia, but researchers also associate those findings with more complex occupations.<\/p>\n The hypothesis for why<\/p>\n The growing hypothesis for why occupational complexity has such an impact on cognitive ability is rather simple: complex jobs build cognitive reserve, helping people resist cognitive decline and stay sharp for longer.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe cognitive reserve hypothesis suggests that, if people are doing cognitively enriching activities, then their brain has a more efficient network,\u201d Hyun said.\u00a0<\/p>\n She noted that even if individuals have plaques in their brains, like what\u2019s seen in Alzheimer\u2019s patients, complex occupations can still have a positive impact.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cEven if they have a significant amount of pathology in their brain, they have other pathways so that different parts of the brain can still communicate with each other,\u201d Hyun said.<\/p>\n \t\t\tStart your day with fact-based news.<\/p>\n