#Report number

:# 2

Name

: Mei Yulianti

Departement

: PSIK

Students number

: 201110420311091

Tittle

: Holiday with family

Author

: - (Posted by Artikel Bahasa Inggris at Monday, August 22, 2011)

Source

: http://artikel-bahasainggris.blogspot.com/

Vocabulary
1. Conducted

: dilakukan

2. Vacation

: liburan

3. Dopamine

: dopamin

4. hippocampus : hipokampus
5. awareness

: kesadaran

6. encourage

: mendorong

7. prefrontal

: prevental

8. overwhelmed : kewalahan
9. amount

: jumlah

10. Enhance

: meningkatkan

Summary
Doing the same routine every day will lead to saturation and the brain can not work
optimally. There are 4 reasons that make the human brain needs a vacation.
A study conducted by the Families and Work Institute found that doing a vacation like
going to museums or the beach nearby is important for the brain

Comment
Here are 4 reasons that make the holiday becomes important for the brain, as quoted
from Myfoxorlando:
1. Improve Memory
Dr. Russell Poldrack as director of the Imaging Research Center at the University of
Texas at Austin said the holiday will provide a new experience, this condition will make
the brain responds by releasing dopamine into the hippocampus (part of the brain that
creates a memory or memories). This will improve memory and help protect against
Alzheimer's disease.

2. Enhance creativity
American and French researchers found the holidays can increase the ability to solve
problems, raise awareness of the connection is lost and to encourage people to try
something new. This is because vacation facilitate the mind's creativity.

3. Sharpens concentration
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh reported that people with serious health
conditions tend to take less time thus increasing the levels of stress hormones. Poldrack
said when someone is tired, then the prefrontal cortex will be overwhelmed due to the
amount of stress hormones and makes one lose focus or concentration.

4. Provide rest time

The study found 2-3 days after the holiday people will have a rest time and a higher
quality sleep, it can even be increased to 80 percent. Quality sleep can improve memory
and brain health