A new study done by researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York, suggests that early retirement may accelerate cognitive decline in late adulthood. Here are the details.
"We find that increased social isolation is strongly linked with faster cognitive decline"Increased social isolation is strongly linked with faster cognitive decline among the elderly," said the lead author of a new study from Binghamton University, State University of New York.With a rapidly aging population, China introduced a formal pension program in rural parts of the country in 2009 to combat poverty in old age.
The researchers analyzed this program using a cognitive survey called the Chinese Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey to see how retirement plans affect cognitive performance. The study concluded that early retirement’s negative influence on mental fitness activities as well as social engagement outweighed the protective benefit on health behaviors.
"Social engagement and connectedness may simply be the single most powerful factors for cognitive performance in old age," researchers said. The individuals in the areas that had the pension program scored considerably lower than individuals who live in areas that do not offer the program.
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