This Is Your Brain on Retirement—Don’t Get Stressed, Get Smart

The risk of cognitive and physical decline after retirement is well documented. But Ross Andel, Professor and Director, School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida, says the problem isn’t retirement itself. In his informative TED talk “Is Retirement Bad for Your Brain?” Andel tells us that while some loss of brain activity (like memory) is normal, you can fall into “the retirement trap.”