Lose Your Job in Recession? Now You May Lose Your Mind.
So you thought the worst thing was losing your job, in the recession. But now a new study is finding there's even more bad news. Mid-life economic recessions lead to cognitive decline, according to medicalnewsdaily.com. "L ay-offs, lower pay and downward job mobility are all a depressing reality of economic recessions. But new research suggests these factors not only affect our bank accounts, but also our risk of cognitive decline in later life," the Web site reports. Previous research has suggested working conditions can affect build-up of "cognitive reserve," which can in turn influence cognitive performance later in life, medicalnewsdaily.com notes, quoting the new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health . Because higher cognitive ability from the outset could influence whether individuals are in more favorable jobs or working environments, the researchers wanted to know whether economic recessions could make a difference