Engaging in Novel Leisure Activities Creates Healthy Minds

None of the participants enrolled showed cognitive impairment at the beginning of the study, but three years later, 4% of those with low cognitively-demanding jobs showed some cognitive impairment, whereas only 1.5% of those with mentally demanding jobs were impaired (Bosma, van Boxtel, Ponds, Houx, Burdorf, & Jolles, 2003). ................
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