{"id":2589,"date":"2025-05-14T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T16:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/working-long-hours-changes-brain-structure\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T16:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T16:01:07","slug":"working-long-hours-changes-brain-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/working-long-hours-changes-brain-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"Working long hours changes brain structure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-05-14 16:01:07<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Working long hours alters the structure of the brain.<BR><br \/>\nNew research has found that those who spend over 52 hours per week working are affected in areas of the brain connected to problem-solving and memory.<BR><br \/>\nThe experts looked at the impact of overwork on specific regions in health workers who regularly clocked up more than 52 hours on a weekly basis.<BR><br \/>\nThe analysis included 110 workers, 32 of whom worked excessive hours but were significantly younger and more highly educated than those working standard hours.<BR><br \/>\nThe data was collected using MRI scans to examine brain structure and revealed that &#8220;overworked individuals exhibited significant changes in brain regions associated with executive function and emotional regulation&#8221;.<BR><br \/>\nThe researchers from Yonsei University in South Korea said: &#8220;The results underscore the importance of addressing overwork as an occupational health concern and highlight the need for workplace policies that mitigate excessive working hours.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-05-14 16:01:07 Working long hours alters the structure of the brain. New research has found that those who spend over 52 hours per week working are affected in areas of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2591,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589\/revisions\/2591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}