Volunteering in your free time is a good thing. For example, it can strengthen the team spirit in a club, is beneficial to the environment and provides support to older people. However, something that has not yet been the subject of much research are the health benefits for people who do the volunteering. A team of researchers at FAU and the digiDEM Bayern Digital Dementia Register (digiDEM Bayern) has now discovered that voluntary work can have a positive effect on the cognitive abilities of the volunteers themselves.
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