Cluttered makes people stupider – Moskovsky Komsomolets

The same effect has a boring job

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The research team, representing the University of Florida, found two factors that significantly affect the cognitive abilities of man. As it turned out, the mess in the workplace and too boring work can have a negative impact on “productivity” of the human brain in both the short and long term, reflecting on memory, ability to concentrate and speed of solving problems.

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Experts invited to participate in the study, 4963 people aged 32 to 84 years. Slightly more than half of them were women. Scientists have found out what the job responsibilities of each participant and the conditions in which they work, and invited each of them to pass a series of tests. These tests were designed to assess the speed of decision-making man, his ability to hold the attention, as well as the extent to which it has a strong memory.

Comparing the data, the researchers concluded that the “creative chaos” the workplace is rarely conducive to productive creativity – an average of the best results of the tests showed those study participants who have reigned in the workplace clean and everything was “placed on the shelves.” Apart from the mud and cluttered spaces on the cognitive abilities of participants in the study often not the best way affected the unfortunate task light or too noisy work.

Also, many research participants to a large extent reflects how often their work is required to make intellectual efforts. For those whose job responsibilities do not imply a high load on the brain with age cognitive abilities declined noticeably faster.

To summarize their work, the scientists say that maintaining a clean workplace and a constant thirst for new knowledge and skills longer allows people to keep a good memory and the ability to make decisions quickly.

A new study published in the scientific journal Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.