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		<title>Australian research shows key to healthy brain aging.</title>
		<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/australian-research-shows-key-to-healthy-brain-aging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Use it or lose it!
Pilot study by Alzheimers Australia (WA) finds regular brain exercises are the key to healthy ageing
Just two hours of brain exercises a week can markedly improve a person’s mental capacity and help fight age-related memory loss according to a recent study by Alzheimer’s Australia WA.
· Participants found improvements in their memory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Games help seniors stay sharp</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seniors may be able to slow down memory loss by exercising the brain, experts say.
Doing crossword puzzles, playing cards and other games might ward off a decline in memory or help us maintain &#8220;brainpower&#8221; as we age, reports a study by the Rush Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease Center and Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke&#8217;s Medical Center in Chicago. The study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solve complex problems faster</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive games]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[puzzle games]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study conducted by a Wheaton College professor has concluded that people that play action and puzzle games are better able to think through complex problems.
Rolf Nelson, a professor of psychology, conducted the study and published his findings in the November edition of the journal Perception. In the study, he had 20 students try to solve a spatial relation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New experiences impact both sides of brain</title>
		<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/new-experiences-impact-both-sides-of-brain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Neurogenesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plasticity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Plasticity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motor cortex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neurons]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea that the adult brain changes with experience was once a radical idea, but it is now well accepted that certain areas—say, the motor cortex, when learning a new physical skill—can grow new neurons or create stronger connections.
Now scientists report that the brain is even more mutable than suspected. Thanks to an unconventional research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewire your brain in just 5 hours</title>
		<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/rewire-your-brain-in-just-5-hours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain games]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hippocampus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mental stimulation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[serious games]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but scientific findings seem to indicate otherwise. Research shows that our brains literally rewire in response to new stimulation. And when it comes to computer use, Internet activity may stimulate and possibly improve brain function, according to scientists at UCLA.
“Technology may be changing our minds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video games affects on improving health to be studied</title>
		<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/video-games-affects-on-improving-health-to-be-studied/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neurogenesis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parkinson's Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childhood obesity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[robert wood johnson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/?p=981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nine research teams from universities across the U.S. will study how interactive video games such as the Wii Active could help fight childhood obesity and how mobile phone games could help smokers quit or reduce tobacco use.
The teams will also focus on how video games can be designed to help people change behaviors and self-manage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help your new brain cells to survive</title>
		<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/help-your-new-brain-cells-to-survive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/help-your-new-brain-cells-to-survive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dementia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hippocampus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memory]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sleep]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Catherine E. Myers, Ph.D.

Every day, new brain cells (neurons) are born in the brains of adult mammals, a process called neurogenesis (neuro = neurons, genesis = birth).  These newborn cells appear particularly in the hippocampus – a brain area that is important for new memory formation.   Over the next few weeks, many of these [...]]]></description>
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