Working antisocial hours can prematurely age the brain and dull intellectual ability, scientists warn.
Their study, in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, suggested a decade of shifts aged the brain by more than six years. There was some recovery after people stopped working antisocial shifts, but it took five years to return to normal.
The damaging effects on the body of working against the body clock, from breast cancer to obesity, are well known. Now a team at the University of Swansea and the University of Toulouse has shown an impact on the mind as well.
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Three thousand people in France performed tests of memory, speed of thought and wider cognitive ability. The brain naturally declines as we age, but the researchers said working antisocial shifts accelerated the process.
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科學家警告，在不符合社會常態的時間工作，可能讓大腦過早老化，降低智力。
他們在《職業及環境醫學》期刊發表的研究顯示，輪班工作做十年，大腦老化六年以上。停止反社會常態的輪班後，會恢復一些，但要花五年才會恢復正常。
違反生理時鐘工作對身體的傷害眾所周知，從乳癌到過胖等。現在斯旺西大學與土魯斯大學的研究團隊也展示此舉對心理的影響。
法國有三千人接受記憶、思考速度與更廣泛認知能力的測試。大腦隨老化自然衰退，但研究人員說，反社會性的換班工作加速這個過程。
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