Lintasan IPTEK-Lansia yang dilatih untuk menggunakan jejaring sosial Facebook, bisa mengalami peningkatan pada sejumlah fungsi kognitifnya. Itulah temuan terbaru dari Janelle Wohltmann dari Jurusan Psikologi University of Arizona, Amerika Serikat. Dalam penelitian yang melibatkan lansia berusia 68-91 tahun itu, Wohltmann sengaja memilih kalangan yang tidak familiar dengan situs jejaring sosial. Hasilnya, mereka mendapatkan dorongan mental setelah menggunakan Facebook. Para lansia itu juga lebih mampu untuk mendapatkan informasi terbaru (updating), dibandingkan yang tidak menggunakan Facebook. "Hanya dengan mempelajari dan menggunakan salah satu situs yang tersedia, bisa meningkatkan kecepatan seseorang untuk mendapatkan informasi," terang Wohltmann tentang mengapa peningkatan fungsi kognitif itu bisa terjadi. Lebih lanjut, tetap aktif secara mental, fisik, dan sosial di usia senja, turut membantu menjaga kemampuan kognitif.
4 Weird Phobias that Make Difficult People traveling
You have a phobia or excessive fear of something? Some kind of phobia can hinder a person to enjoy a moment of traveling or holidays. Starting from the fear of lakes, ponds, to traveling itself! Here's some weird phobia that makes a person difficult to travel, as quoted by the Times of India.
1. Limnophobia.
Kind of fear in a swamp, pond or whatever is in the lake. People with this phobia is certainly not unique to travel to beautiful lakes in the world, such as Lake Toba in North Sumatra or in Maine, United States, which has a depth of 316 feet and 10 miles in length.
2. Nomophobia.
Sufferers Nomophobia cannot vacation to remote places that do not have phone or internet signal. Because they can not live without cell phones or the Internet. Holidays in the mountains, remote villages or places of relaxation that prohibits carrying a cell phone certainly will not be an option for Nomophobia.
3. Cryophobia.
People with Cryophobia may never be able to vacation to places colder climates because of fear of the cold. So it will be worth it if you invite people with Cryophobia to feel the winter holidays in Europe, or even Mount Salak in Bogor is famous for its cold air. Brrr!
4. Hodophobia.
People with this phobia seems hard to feel the pleasure of holidays in my spare time. Hodophobia is the fear of a trip or vacation. They may shudder or vibrate the body if the thought of a long, long, long time. They certainly would never want to pass Dalton Highway in Alaska, which is the longest route in the world.
