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- Training elderly in social media improves well-being, combats isolation
- More-flexible digital communication
- Twitter posts may shine a fresh light on mental illness trends
| Training elderly in social media improves well-being, combats isolation Posted: 12 Dec 2014 08:16 AM PST Training older people in the use of social media improves cognitive capacity, increases a sense of self-competence and could have a beneficial overall impact on mental health and well-being, according to a landmark study carried out in the UK. |
| More-flexible digital communication Posted: 12 Dec 2014 07:18 AM PST Communication protocols for digital devices are very efficient but also very brittle: They require information to be specified in a precise order with a precise number of bits. If sender and receiver -- say, a computer and a printer -- are off by even a single bit relative to each other, communication between them breaks down entirely. Humans are much more flexible. Two strangers may come to a conversation with wildly differing vocabularies and frames of reference, but they will quickly assess the extent of their mutual understanding and tailor their speech accordingly. |
| Twitter posts may shine a fresh light on mental illness trends Posted: 09 Dec 2014 08:58 AM PST Computers scientists are tracking tweets to gather important information about common mental illnesses. By reviewing tweets from users who publicly mentioned their diagnosis and by looking for language cues linked to certain disorders, the researchers say, they've been able to quickly and inexpensively collect new data on post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, bipolar disorder and seasonal affective disorder. |
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