Memory

Missing Sleep May Hurt Your Memory

Lack of sleep, already considered a public health epidemic, can also lead to errors in memory, finds a new study that found participants deprived of a night’s sleep were more likely to flub the details of a simulated burglary they were shown in a series of images. “People who repeatedly get low amounts of sleep every night could be more prone in the long run to develop these forms of memory distortion,” one researcher said. “It’s not just a full night of sleep deprivation that puts them at risk.”

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Source: Michigan State University. “Missing sleep may hurt your memory.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 21 July 2014.

Your Mentally Stimulating Job May Help Keep You Sharp in Retirement

Jobs that make good use of your intellect might have another benefit down the line – a sharper mind long after retirement.

People with jobs that require problem solving, planning and information analysis appear more likely to retain a clear memory and keen reasoning as they grow older, said lead author Gwen Fisher, an assistant professor of psychology at Colorado State University.

“People who were engaged in work characterized as mentally challenging scored better on a measure of cognitive [thinking] ability, both before and after retirement,” Fisher said.

This new study adds to a growing mound of evidence suggesting that people who want to keep their brain healthy after retirement need to start working their mental muscles earlier in life, said Keith Fargo, director of scientific programs and outreach for the Alzheimer’s Association.

“It gels really nicely with other things we’ve seen where midlife is the point at which people really need to pay attention to their brain health,” Fargo said.

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Source: MedicineNet.

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