<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Myfitbrain &#187; Brain Training</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/tag/brain-training/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog</link>
	<description>Keep your brain sharp by playing brain games</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:00:14 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Training blindsight people to see</title>
		<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/training-blindsight-people-to-see/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/training-blindsight-people-to-see/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blindsight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opthalmology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schwiedrzik]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/?p=959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although we assume we can see everything in our field of vision, the brain actually picks and chooses the stimuli that come into our consciousness. A new study in the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology&#8217;s Journal of Vision reveals that our brains can be trained to consciously see stimuli that would normally be [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/training-blindsight-people-to-see/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Video games are good for the brain</title>
		<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/video-games-are-good-for-the-brain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/video-games-are-good-for-the-brain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dementia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neurons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/?p=947</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In his speech to America’s schoolchildren last month, President Obama had a clear directive about video games: Put them away. It wasn’t the first time he had sounded this particular alarm, warning of the dangers of days spent at gaming consoles. But the latest science shows that there’s a lot more to video games than [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/video-games-are-good-for-the-brain/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Identify leadership areas in the brain and improve them</title>
		<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/identify-leadership-areas-in-the-brain-and-improve-them/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/identify-leadership-areas-in-the-brain-and-improve-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Function]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pierre Balthazard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/?p=883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pierre Balthazard, an associate professor at the Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, also says he can use neuroscientific techniques to help people improve the skills that play a part in leadership.
Balthazard uses electroencephalography (EEG) to produce a &#8220;brain map&#8221; of his subjects. By attaching electrodes to their heads, he says he can [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/identify-leadership-areas-in-the-brain-and-improve-them/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New study shows how video games affect your brain</title>
		<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/new-study-shows-how-video-games-affect-your-brain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/new-study-shows-how-video-games-affect-your-brain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fMri]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/?p=873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The effects of video-game playing on your brain have been studied for a quarter-century, but the latest research reveals that there are still deep puzzles yet to be solved.
One of the earliest and most noted studies in the field was conducted back in 1992 by neuroscientist Richard Haier at the University of California at Irvine, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/new-study-shows-how-video-games-affect-your-brain/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Is theater the ultimate brain fitness product?</title>
		<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/is-theater-the-ultimate-brain-fitness-product/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/is-theater-the-ultimate-brain-fitness-product/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/?p=834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cognitive decline as we age is all over the news lately. &#8220;Brain fitness&#8221; products are available for cell phones, Game Boys, and Xboxes, all designed to prevent the natural decline in cognitive ability as we age. There&#8217;s even a significant body of work suggesting that this sort of product really can work.
But some of the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/is-theater-the-ultimate-brain-fitness-product/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Chicago SunTimes article on Myfitbrain</title>
		<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/chicago-suntimes-article-myfitbrain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/chicago-suntimes-article-myfitbrain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alzheimer's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alzheimer's Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improve memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memory improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memory Loss]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/?p=787</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  July 20, 2009
BY BRAD SPIRRISON chicagotechmatters@gmail.com
While popular exercise-focused video games like those played on Nintendo&#8217;s Wii Fitness appear to have some health benefits, brain games designed to enhance mental fitness are striving for clinical and commercial acceptance.
&#8220;We are learning that people can push out the natural effects of aging by playing cognitive games,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/chicago-suntimes-article-myfitbrain/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Multitasking ability can be improved through training</title>
		<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/multitasking-improved-through-training/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/multitasking-improved-through-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fMri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neurons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neuroplasticity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/?p=781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Training increases brain processing speed and improves our ability to multitask, new research from Vanderbilt University published in the June 15 issue of Neuron indicates.
&#8220;We found that a key limitation to efficient multitasking is the speed with which our prefrontal cortex processes information, and that this speed can be drastically increased through training and practice,” [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/multitasking-improved-through-training/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
