Facebook helps older people become more alert

A recent study has shown that Facebook can increase memory for people aged 65 and older.

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Older people using Facebook will become more alert.

Janelle Wohltmann, a graduate of the University of Arizona psychology department, and the university's researchers, conducted an experiment with participants aged 68 to 91. Initially, people This is checked for social status: the degree of loneliness, participation in social activities and cognitive ability.

Eight weeks after they were instructed to use Facebook and interact with others on the site, the researchers examined them again.

The results showed that the elderly, after using Facebook, were able to complete tests about the ability to observe and add / remove content in the memorandum of work 25% better than the elderly but not use Facebook.

'There are 2 benefits of using Facebook with the elderly. First: They become more aware: learning new skills that make them active and help their cognitive abilities improve. Second: they become more social, less lonely, more involved in social activities' - Wohltmann said.