{"id":19804,"date":"2012-11-21T02:38:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T10:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/?p=19804"},"modified":"2012-11-21T02:38:42","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T10:38:42","slug":"aquellos-que-divagan-envejecen-mas-rapido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/site\/19804\/aquellos-que-divagan-envejecen-mas-rapido.html","title":{"rendered":"Aquellos que divagan envejecen m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/feeling.com.mx\/img\/2012\/11\/divagar-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"divagar\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19806 img-responsive \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/img\/2012\/11\/divagar-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/img\/2012\/11\/divagar-236x315.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.feeling.com.mx\/img\/2012\/11\/divagar.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>La tendencia de la mente a dispersarse guarda relaci\u00f3n con el envejecimiento, seg\u00fan un reciente estudio de la Universidad de California.<\/p>\n<p>Sus autores comprobaron que la longitud de los tel\u00f3meros, un marcador que ha demostrado ser \u00fatil para medir el envejecimiento celular, parece estar asociada a la tendencia a dejar a la mente vagar hacia pensamientos sobre el pasado y el futuro o, sencillamente, \u201ca estar en otra parte\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>En concreto, las personas que m\u00e1s divagan tienen los tel\u00f3meros m\u00e1s cortos, lo que supone que el envejecimiento se acelera. Por el contrario, quienes tienen m\u00e1s capacidad de estar presentes y prestan m\u00e1s atenci\u00f3n a la actividad que est\u00e1n realizando en cada momento tienen los tel\u00f3meros m\u00e1s largos, y con ello tambi\u00e9n m\u00e1s esperanza de vida.<\/p>\n<p>Como recuerdan los autores del estudio en la revista Clinical Psychological Science, los tel\u00f3meros son los fragmentos de ADN que protegen el final de los cromosomas en los que se empaqueta el material gen\u00e9tico, impidiendo que se deterioren.<\/p>\n<p>Suelen acortarse con la edad, y lo hacen m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido si nos exponemos a estresores psicol\u00f3gicos o fisiol\u00f3gicos.<\/p>\n<p>Los investigadores asocian los resultados al hecho de que las meditaciones tipo mindfulness, una t\u00e9cnica de atenci\u00f3n plena desarrollada en la Universidad de Massachusetts que promueve la atenci\u00f3n al momento presente, est\u00e1 asociada con una mayor actividad de la enzima telomerasa, que mantiene a los tel\u00f3meros \u201clargos\u201d. Por lo tanto, prestar atenci\u00f3n al tiempo presente podr\u00eda tener repercusiones para la salud cuantificables a nivel celular.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Study shows inability to focus on task is linked to aging<\/strong><br \/>\nA new study has shown that the inability to focus on task at hand is linked to aging. The previous research has shown that individuals with wandering minds could be exhibiting signs of unhappiness.<\/p>\n<p>According to the new study, scientists from the University of California, San Francisco discovered that telomere length, a biological measure of aging both cellular and overall physiological level played a role on whether or not an individual would be present or if they would be inclined to have thoughts about being somewhere else or doing something else. <\/p>\n<p>The UCSF researchers recruited 239 healthy women between the ages of 50 to 65 and studied this biomarker of longevity.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers discovered that those who reported having difficulty focusing their attention on their current tasks had shorter telomeres and those who were more aware or engaged with their ongoing activities had longer telomeres, even after the results were adjusted for levels of stress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La tendencia de la mente a dispersarse guarda relaci\u00f3n con el envejecimiento, seg\u00fan un reciente estudio de la Universidad de California. Sus autores comprobaron que la longitud de los tel\u00f3meros, un marcador que ha demostrado ser \u00fatil para medir el envejecimiento celular, parece estar asociada a la tendencia a dejar a la mente vagar hacia pensamientos sobre el pasado y el futuro o, sencillamente, \u201ca estar en otra parte\u201d. 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