2017年11月30日 星期四

A Lonely Death

A huge government apartment complex in Tokiwadaira, Japan, has become known for lonely deaths.

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A Lonely Death

By NORIMITSU ONISHI

In postwar Japan, a single-minded focus on rapid economic growth helped erode family ties. Now, a generation of elderly Japanese are dying alone.

2017年11月16日 星期四

and the old man who will not laugh is a fool 簡介西方繪畫與藝術中的小丑(The Clown)





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"無哭泣過的年青人是野人。" 許達然《含淚的微笑》頁99 Dialogues In Limbo (1925), III, Author: George Santayana


The young man who has not wept is a savage, (and the old man who will not laugh is a fool).

2017年11月4日 星期六

Close friends linked to a sharper memory

Superagers have more satisfying, high-quality relationships than their same-age peers, which implies maintaining strong, positive friendships may be linked to slower cognitive decline. http://bit.ly/2xXA3Xw
“You don’t have the be the life of the party, but this study supports the theory that maintaining strong social networks seems to be linked to slower cognitive decline,” said senior author Emily Rogalski, associate professor at Northwestern’s CNADC.
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How to Become a 'Superager' - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/31/opinion/.../how-to-become-a-superager.html
Dec 31, 2016 - Superagers” (a term coined by the neurologist Marsel Mesulam) are those whose memory and attention isn't merely above average for their ...

How 'superagers' stay sharp in their later years | Science | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com › Science › Neuroscience
Apr 30, 2017 - Scientists call them “superagers” (a term coined by neurologist Marsel Mesulam at Northwestern University in Chicago). While nobody knows ...

What does it take to be a super-ager? - Harvard Health

https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthy-aging/what-does-it-take-to-be-a-super-ager
May 1, 2017 - Finding role models who are older than we are gets more difficult as we age. But in the last few years, medical science has identified a new ...