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Home / Health News / Is your workplace boring and dirty? Beware because it may hamper your brain

Is your workplace boring and dirty? Beware because it may hamper your brain

By: Agencies   | | Published: June 17, 2016 2:39 pm
Tags: Brain  Brain health  Office  Office stress  
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Do you find your office dull, boring and unhygienic? Beware that spending long time at such workplace can hamper your brain function, leading to a decline in reasoning, memory, attention and language capabilities. According to researchers from the Florida State University, both lack of stimulation in the workplace and dirty working environment can have a long-term cognitive effect on employees. Psychologists say that the brain is a muscle, while industrial hygienists point to chemicals in the work environment that may cause decline, said lead researcher Joseph Grzywacz, the Norejane Hendrickson Professor of family and child sciences. There are real things in the workplace that can shape cognitive function: some that you can see or touch, and others you can’t. We showed that both matter to cognitive health in adulthood, he explained. (Read: Power-foods to keep your brain young and kicking) Also Read - Beware! Obesity can lead to severe brain pressure disorder

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Grzywacz and his team obtained cognitive function data from working adults participating in the Midlife in the United States study. Their results had two major takeaways: One was that greater occupational complexity — that is the learning of new skills and taking on new challenges — resulted in stronger cognitive performance particularly for women as they aged. The second result was that men and women who had jobs that exposed them to a dirty working environment saw a cognitive decline. Both of these issues are important when we think about the long-term health of men and women, Grzywacz added. (Read: 7 everyday things that are silently killing your brain) Also Read - Genes linked to common brain disorder, Chiari 1 malformation, identified

The team analysed the data to examine individuals’ workplaces and their ability to maintain and later use information they learned. They also looked at their executive functioning skills such as their ability to complete tasks, manage time and pay attention. Additionally, the data included responses from participants asking them about any memory issues they were experiencing. The practical issue here is cognitive decline associated with ageing and the thought of, ‘if you don’t use it, you lose it,’ Grzywacz said. Designing jobs to ensure that all workers have some decision making ability may protect cognitive function later in life, but it’s also about cleaning up the workplace, he noted. The data included 4,963 adults ages 32 to 84 from the 48 contiguous states. The sample was 47 per cent male and 53 per cent female. The study, published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, is significant because it showed both can play an important role in long-term cognitive well-being. (Read: Healthy brain is the key to have a healthy heart)

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Published : June 17, 2016 2:39 pm
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