PENGARUH SENAM OTAK TERHADAP PENINGKATAN SHORT TERM MEMORY PADA LANSIA
Abstract
Tahap akhir tumbuh kembang manusia adalah lansia. Banyak perubahan yang terjadi pada lansia. Perubahan mental yang terjadi berupa penurunan intelektualitas yang meliputi persepsi, kemampuan kognitif, memori dan belajar yang menyebabkan mereka sulit untuk dipahami dan berinteraksi. Fakta yang terjadi banyak individu mengalami gangguan memori setelah usia 45 tahun ke atas. Namun kemampuan memori dapat di pertahankan dan di tingkatkan melalui latihan memori jangka pendek. latihan atau teknik yang tepat dilakukan oleh lansia yaitu berupa senam otak yang bertujuan meningkatkan fokus dan bagaimana bisa terus mengaktifkan fungsi otak agar tidak diam yang akhirnya bisa menjadi lemah. Dari beberapa penelitian telah membuktikan bahwa ada pengaruh senam otak terhadap peningkatan short term memory pada lansia karena dengan gerakan senam otak dapat merangsang integrasi kerja bagian otak kanan dan kiri untuk menghasilkan koordinasi fungsi otak yang harmonis sehingga dapat meningkatkan kemampuan memori, kemampuan koordinasi tubuh, kemampuan motoric halus dan kasar. Key words: Lansia, Short term memory, senam otak.References
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