Because so many boomers and older are worried about maintaining their brain power, a burgeoning industry of "brain fitness" products is flourishing. In fact, according to a 2010 survey by AARP, boomers are more concerned about keeping their mental abilities than running out of money. Exercises, games, and classes that promise to keep memory loss at bay, improve your attention span, and help you become productive, are feeding this industry projected to hit up to $8 billion by 2015. The problem, experts say, is that these investments may be not be worth the cost. To read more about maintaining brain health, click here.
"Use it or lose it"...it's an axiom that we've all heard when talking about sports, foreign languages, a new computer program and now...our memories. A recent paper by two economists, "Mental Retirement," suggests that if people want to preserve their memory and reasoning abilities, they should reconsider early retirement. Those who stay in the work environment longer, test better on mental abilities. But, what about the workplace actually creates the positive effect...stimulating work, social interaction, aerobic activities, or something else? To read more, clickhere.
