Don’t Lose Your Brain at Work – The Role of Recurrent Novelty at Work in Cognitive and Brain Aging

Oltmanns, Jan; Godde, Ben; Winneke, Axel H.; Richter, G. M.; Niemann, Claudia; Voelcker‐Rehage, Claudia; Schömann, Klaus; Staudinger, Ursula M.

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00117

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“…This may be due, on the one hand, to the existence of a wide range of occupational conditions that have been categorized as white-collar or blue-collar, and diverse factors within these categories could affect the relationships between antecedent or subsequent correlates and ER. Recent studies showed that long-term exposure to low job complexity, i. e.: industrial production work has detrimental effects on cognitive functioning and regional gray matter volume, and it would have an impact on retirement decision making (Oltmanns et al, 2017 ). As Feldman ( 2013 ) stated, workers make appraisals about how unusual it is for someone their age to still be in the workforce, but these evaluations refer to a concrete occupational field.…”

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Early Retirement: A Meta-Analysis of Its Antecedent and Subsequent Correlates

2018

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Early or voluntary retirement (ER) can be defined as the full exit from an organizational job or career path of long duration, decided by individuals of a certain age at the mid or late career before mandatory retirement age, with the aim of reducing their attachment to work and closing a process of gradual psychological disengagement from working life. Given the swinging movements that characterize employment policies, the potential effects of ER—both for individuals and society—are still controversial. This meta-analysis examined the relationships between ER and its antecedent and subsequent correlates. Our review of the literature was generated with 151 empirical studies, containing a total number of 706,937 participants, with a wide range of sample sizes (from N = 27 to N = 127,384 participants) and 380 independent effect sizes (ESs), which included 171 independent samples. A negligible ES value for antecedent correlates of early retirement (family pull, job stress, job satisfaction, and income) was obtained (which ranged from r = −0.13 to 0.19), while a fair ES was obtained for workplace timing for retirement, organizational pressures, financial security, and poor physical and mental health, (ranging from r = 0.28 to 0.25). Regarding ER subsequent correlates, poor ESs were obtained, ranging from r = 0.08 to 0.18 for the relationships with subsequent correlates, and fair ESs only for social engagement (r = −0.25). Examination of the potential moderator variables has been conducted. Only a reduced percentage of variability of primary studies has been explained by moderators. Although potential moderator factors were examined, there are several unknown or not measurable factors which contribute to ER and about which there are very little data available. The discussion is aimed to offer theoretical and empirical implications suggestion in order to improve employee's well-being.

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Early Retirement: A Meta-Analysis of Its Antecedent and Subsequent Correlates

2018

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“…Most important, however, is the possibility that the usage and non‐usage of specific psychological and motor functions have an influence on brain size. Many previous studies have shown that specific brain parts are considerably influenced by practice and non‐use (Erickson et al., ; Jäncke, ; Münte et al., ; Oltmanns et al., ; Voelcker‐Rehage, Godde, & Staudinger, ; Voss et al., ; Zatorre, Fields, & Johansen‐Berg, ). Taken together, there are more sources of variance for the brain size metrics obtained in adulthood and during ageing than for body height, possibly mitigating brain size and body height correlations.…”

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Weak correlations between body height and several brain metrics in healthy elderly subjects

Jäncke

Liem

Mérillat

2019

Eur J of Neuroscience

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The question whether body height is related to different brain size measures has recently gained renewed interest as some studies have reported that body height correlates with intelligence and several brain size measures. In this study, we re‐evaluated this question by examining the relationship between body height and different brain size measures including intracranial volume, total brain volume, total cortical surface area, total cortical volume, volume of normal‐appearing white matter, white matter hyperintensity, cortical surface area, cortical thickness, subcortical grey matter volume, cerebellar cortex and cerebellar white matter in a relatively large sample (n = 216) of physically and cognitively healthy elderly subjects (mean age 71 years, age range 65–85 years). We identified small correlations (r = .11–.19) between body height and seven out of 10 brain metrics (total brain volume, cortical surface area, cortical volume, subcortical volume, normal‐appearing white matter volume and cerebellar grey as well as white matter volumes) when controlling for sex and age. Based on these small relationships between body height and various brain size measures, we discuss the possible reasons and theoretical problems for these small relationships.

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“…Older adults, therefore, might be more cognitively stimulated than middle-aged adults by reading books and newspapers. Then, differences in lifestyle or living condition could lead to different relationships between reading and cognitive function [ 32 ]. However, the mechanism of the relationship between reading and cognitive function is largely unproven.…”

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The association of single and combined factors of sedentary behavior and physical activity with subjective cognitive complaints among community-dwelling older adults: Cross-sectional study

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Subjective cognitive complaints (SCC) might be a meaningful indicator of dementia onset or mild cognitive impairment, and identifying the related factors of SCC could contribute to preventing these diseases. However, the relationship between SCC and lifestyle factors remains largely unproven. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of type of sedentary behavior, physical activity, or their combination with SCC among community-dwelling older adults. In 2016, 6677 community-living elderly were recruited to participate in a survey investigating cognition, physical activity, and sedentary behavior. In total, 5328 participants responded to the questionnaire (79.8% valid response rate). SCC was assessed using the National Functional Survey Questionnaire (Kihon checklist). The relationships between SCC and physical activity, sedentary behavior (reading books or newspapers, and television viewing), or combined physical activity and sedentary behavior were examined via multiple logistic regression analysis. The analysis revealed that moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (≥150 min/week) was significantly related with a lower risk of SCC (odds ratio [OR] = 0.85; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.74–0.97), and that reading behavior showed a dose-response relationship with SCC (OR for 10–20 min/day = 0.63; 95% CI = 0.53–0.75; OR for 20–30 min/day = 0.59; 95% CI = 0.49–0.71; OR for ≥30 min/day = 0.47; 95% CI = 0.39–0.57). In addition, among those reporting high physical activity and ≥30 min/day for reading time, the OR for SCC was 0.40 (95% CI = 0.32–0.50) compared with the combined group reporting lower physical activity and non-readers. The present study shows that increased physical activity and reading time may be related to a reduced risk for SCC among community-dwelling older adults.

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Don’t Lose Your Brain at Work – The Role of Recurrent Novelty at Work in Cognitive and Brain Aging

Cited by 53 publications

References 88 publications

Early Retirement: A Meta-Analysis of Its Antecedent and Subsequent Correlates

Early Retirement: A Meta-Analysis of Its Antecedent and Subsequent Correlates

Weak correlations between body height and several brain metrics in healthy elderly subjects

The association of single and combined factors of sedentary behavior and physical activity with subjective cognitive complaints among community-dwelling older adults: Cross-sectional study

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