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		<title>Neurogenesis and the Makings of Memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The discovery of stem cells in the adult brain has generated a great deal of excitement in the neurosciences. Thousands of new cells are produced each day in a healthy hippocampus, a key brain area for learning and memory. However, soon after the cells are born, many of them die unless they are exposed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New experiences impact both sides of brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging]]></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 are good for the brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dementia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brain Training]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<title>How to increase your brain&#8217;s mass</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[panic attacks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our brains are continually in the process of growing, shrinking, and killing neurons. By the way, that three-pound mass of tissue and fluid in our skulls consists of some 100 billion of them. And they’re party to an estimated 40 quadrillion, that’s 15 zeros, potential synaptic connections. Wow!
The activity of the brain is a miraculous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improve your brain at any age</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Various studies involving brain scans found that every thought that passes through your mind affects your brain just like an action would. For example, when you practice a certain skill over a period of time, your brain will learn and thus you will master the skill. But a scientific study showed that mental practice alone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marijuana saves neurons in adults with Alzheimer&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.myfitbrain.com/blog/index.php/marijuana-saves-neurons-adults-alzheimers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Hanekamp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alzheimer's]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clinton didn’t inhale, Obama did—and maybe Reagan should have. New research suggests that THC, the chemical that gives marijuana its mind-bending properties, kills developing neurons, yet oddly, the same chemical saves neurons in adults with Alzheimer’s disease.
“Marijuana is not the ‘soft drug’ people like to think it is,” says neuro­pharmacologist Veronica Campbell of Trinity College [...]]]></description>
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