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17. How Does Retirement Affect Your Brain?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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The Relationship Between Right Side Disease and Occupation

Fronto temporal dimentia often develops in just the left side of the brain. People whose occupations relied on language teachers and mats, like a cartographer, tended to have more disease in the right side of their brain. Bryan thinks there is a few possible explanations for his findings. It gets back to the concept of cognitive reserve. Remember that from earlier? Here's how bryan defines it: "It's always good to be engaged mentally"

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