Early Retirement May Accelerate Cognitive Decline, According To New Research Conducted By Binghamton University 

In turn, the researchers are now hopeful that these findings will encourage retirees to adopt a holistic perspective regarding retirement activities. They urge older adults to pay close attention to their social engagement and participation in activities in order to foster mental acuity.

“But we also hope to influence policymakers,” Nikolov added.

“We show robust evidence that retirement has important benefits, but it also has considerable costs. Cognitive impairments among the elderly, even if not severely debilitating, bring about a loss of quality of life and can have negative welfare consequences.”

So, Nikolov has urged policymakers to introduce new policies that work to “buffer” against the reduction of mental activities and social engagement. He believes that by doing so, retirement programs can help “generate positive spillovers” while battling the negative impacts on cognition.

To read the study’s complete findings, which have since been published in Science Direct, visit the link here.

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