Cinta Tumbuh Dari Otak, Bukan Dari Hati

Peneliti dari Syracuse University, Profesor Stephanie Ortigue, menemukan, ada 12 area di otak yang bekerja saat seseorang jatuh cinta. Kedua belas area itu menghasilkan bahan kimia, seperti dopamine, oxytocin, adrenalin, dan vasopression, yang berujung pada euforia. Rasa cinta juga memengaruhi fungsi psikologis, metafora, dan penilaian fisik.Jadi, cinta itu berasal dari hati atau otak? "Pertanyaan yang selalu sulit dijawab. Saya berpendapat, asalnya dari otak," kata Ortigue.

"Contohnya, suatu proses di otak kita bisa menstimulasi hati. Beberapa perasaan dalam hati kita sebetulnya merupakan gejala atas proses yang terjadi di otak."

Penelitian lain menunjukkan, peningkatan jumlah darah dalam faktor penumbuh untuk saraf yang memegang peranan penting dalam cara orang bersosialisasi.

Hal ini menghadirkan fenomena yang disebut dengan "cinta pada pandangan pertama". Hal ini dikonfirmasi dengan temuan Ortigue yang menunjukkan bahwa cinta bisa hadir dalam waktu seperlima detik.

Ortigue menjelaskan, dengan memahami cara orang jatuh cinta dan putus cinta, para peneliti bisa mengembangkan terapi baru. "Kita bisa mengerti penyakit putus cinta," kata Ortigue.

Studi Ortigue juga mendapati ada bagian otak yang berbeda untuk tipe cinta yang berbeda. Cinta tanpa syarat, contohnya cinta seorang ibu terhadap anaknya, dipicu oleh aktivitas otak di bagian umum dan di tempat yang berbeda-beda, termasuk otak tengah.

Cinta yang bergairah antar-kekasih melibatkan area kognitif, bagian yang mengharapkan imbalan, dan penilaian fisik.

Walls of Ston, Tembok Raksasa Terpanjang di Eropa

Selama ini jika kita mendengar istilah tembok raksasa atau great wall, yang terbayang di benak kita adalah tembok raksasa di China. Tapi tahukah kamu bahwa sebuah kota kecil di Kroasia telah menyimpan sebuah rahasia. Sebuah tembok yang berusia ratusan tahun yang merupakan tembok raksasa terpanjang di Eropa dan merupakan terpanjang kedua di dunia. Tapi saat ini masih sedikit orang yang mendengar tentang Walls of Ston ini.

Ston merupakan salah satu tempat kunjungan wisata yang paling rendah di Eropa berdasarkan warisan sejarah. Tempat ini sedikit terisolasi, letaknya di Semenanjung Peljesac, terletak 60 km dari kota besar terdekat, Dubrovnik yang populasinya di bawah 50.000 jiwa.

Tembok Ston ini membentuk segi lima yang tidak teratur dan diperlukan waktu sekitar 200 tahun untuk membangun tembok ini. Tembok Ston ini mulai dibangun pada abad kelima belas, mereka dijaga sangat ketat. Terdapat 30 menara persegi dan sepuluh titik penjagaan di sepanjang tembok yang memiliki panjang 5 mil ini.

Selain digunakan sebagai garis pertahanan pertama untuk kota Dubrovnik, Tembok Ston ini juga dibangun untuk melindungi komoditas kota yang sangat berharga, yaitu garam. Pada abad pertengahan daerah ini menjadi pusat untuk pertambangan garam yang berlanjut hingga hari ini. Tembok Ston ini selain dirancang oleh ahli bangunan lokal yang bernama Zupan Bunic (1455) dan Paskoje Milicevic 1488-1506, juga dirancang oleh seorang Italia yang bernama Bernardin pada tahun 1461 dan seorang Perancis yang dikenal dengan nama Olivier antara 1472 dan 1478.

This is me

Planet Michael

The Michael Jackson estate is creating an online virtual world based on the King of Pop called Planet Michael. Its an online game that will contain about 100-thousand active users who will collect and trade virtual Jackson merchandise and earn credits by performing challenges related to his music and dance moves. Planet Michael is scheduled for release late 2011. So if you want a THRILLER or you think you can BEAT IT.

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and philanthropist. Referred to as the King of Pop, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The eighth child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in the mid-1960s, and began his solo career in 1971.

In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs including "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style have influenced numerous hip hop, pop, contemporary R&B and rock artists.

Jackson's 1982 album Thriller is the best-selling album of all time. His other records, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995), also rank among the world's best-selling. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. Some of his other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records; 13 Grammy Awards (as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award); 26 American Music Awards (more than any other artist, including the "Artist of the Century"); 13 number-one singles in the United States in his solo career (more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era); and the estimated sale of over 800 million records worldwide. Jackson won hundreds of awards, which have made him the most-awarded recording artist in the history of music. He was also a notable humanitarian and philanthropist, donating and raising hundreds of millions of dollars for beneficial causes and supporting more than 39 charities.

Aspects of Jackson's personal life, including his changing appearance, personal relationships and behavior, have generated controversy. In 1993, he was accused of child sexual abuse, but the case was settled and no formal charges were brought. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted of further sexual abuse allegations and several other charges after the jury ruled him not guilty on all counts. While preparing for his concert series This Is It, Jackson died on June 25, 2009, after suffering from cardiac arrest. Before his death, Jackson had reportedly been administered drugs such as propofol and lorazepam. The Los Angeles County Coroner declared his death a homicide, and his personal physician pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter. Jackson's death triggered a global outpouring of grief, and as many as one billion people around the world reportedly watched his public memorial service on live television. In March 2010, Sony Music Entertainment signed a US$250 million deal with Jackson's estate to retain distribution rights to his recordings until 2017, and to release seven posthumous albums over the decade following his death.