Jobs that are mentally stimulating have been linked with lower risk of dementia monkeybusinessimages/Getty Images
People with intellectually stimulating jobs are slightly less likely to develop dementia when they are older – and we may have some new clues about how a person’s lifestyle physically protects their brain.
The finding adds support to the idea that people with more active intellectual lives are somehow buffered against dementia through a “cognitive reserve”, but it is still unclear if we can reduce dementia risk by changing our lifestyles.
The idea of cognitive reserve stems from findings that people are less likely to…
