Retiring early can be bad for the brain

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Retiring early can be bad for the brain

Continuing to engage in mental challenges keeps the brain from deteriorating in early retirement. Westend61/Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.The big ideaPeople who retire early suffer from accelerated cognitive decline and may even encounter early onset of dementia, according to a new economic study I conducted with my doctoral student Alan Adelman. To establish that finding, we examined the effects …