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		<title>games and tips for sharpening your mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[a lot of you may have made resolutions for the new year and I hope some of those resolutions included a little love for your brain. Always remember that it is yours to sculpt and you can change or improve things if you set a strong enough intention. You literally have the capability to train [...]]]></description>
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		<title>exercise improves brain fitness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course, if you have been following this blog for the last few years you are probably well aware of the role that exercise has in keeping your mind sharp, but just in case here is a recent news piece on the subject, covering the results of a study out of Ireland which demonstrated improved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bright Ideas for Brain Health &#8211; A brain fitness blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This brain fitness blog has a collection of tips and games and activities to help you keep your mind sharp through cognitive exercise. Updated regularly, it provides several new tips and exercises each week. Topics include stress management, healthy diet, brain games and more. The blog is maintained by Gary Small, M.D., an expert in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>some recent articles on brain training</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[hey everyone I realize I haven&#8217;t been around much to maintain the site and add new content, so I just wanted to stop in for a moment to let you know that I have not totally abandoned the site. I personally won&#8217;t have a lot of time for this going forward, but I hope to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the latest in brain fitness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From my perspective, brain fitness is popping up everywhere and the industry seems on the brink of a popularity explosion. However, at the same time I am constantly amazed at how few people in the general public have heard of this concept. While I see articles, studies and programming everywhere I look, others don&#8217;t seem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>designing the perfect brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok so there probably is no such thing as the perfect brain, or at least its definition would be very subjective. But that fact aside, it is interesting to think of the brain and personality as something that can be designed. In a way, we are incredibly aware of this; when seen through the lens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recipe for a Sharp Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a raw foods chef and a brain fitness aficionado, it makes perfect sense that I would come up with a &#8220;Recipe for Brain Fitness&#8221;. This &#8220;recipe&#8221; combines what I know about food, nutrition &#038; cooking with what I know about cognitive health. The idea is to provide an outline for an &#8220;ideal&#8221; day in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Direct vs. Indirect Brain Training</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a great video describing the difference between direct and indirect brain training techniques. I had not heard of this distinction before, but it makes perfect sense. The idea is that there is a difference between exercising an application of a particular cognitive skill and actually working to master the whole skill and be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>blogging on brain fitness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These days, it seems as everyone is touting brain fitness. While people may disagree on exactly the best way to do this, there is little doubt that keeping your mind engaged with the world around you has myriad benefits and will keep you thinking more clearly and effectively as you age. There are so many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain fitness program study reveals visual memory improvement in older adults</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A soon-to-be-published study coming out of UCSF is claiming to reveal a direct link between brain training through a cognitive fitness program and improved mental functioning in day to day life. This particular study targeted working visual memory &#8211; something we are using on a constant basis in our everyday lives &#8211; and found that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video of lecture on brain fitness and neuroplasticity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you would like to learn some more about the latest science behind brain fitness and neuroplasticity, you should definitely have a look at this video. It captures a presentation by Alvaro Fernandez of SharpBrains delivering a lecture on the topic at the New York Public Library. It covers a wide range of topics on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Games and Brain Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The human brain is known to start slowing down by the age of 25. Fortunately, at any age, if you use it, you can reverse it. One of the most essential parts of brain fitness and rebuilding your brain is building up your “brain reserve” Brain reserve is the ability for the brain to recognize [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Fitness Pilot Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New evidence towards the efficacy of brain fitness is now emerging from Australia where they just completed their Brain Fitness Pilot Program. Among their findings were: Participants found improvements in their memory and were able to follow conversations better. Brain has the ability to change in response to new learning. Exercising the brain reduces the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Test Britain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s something interesting happening over in England. Apparently some BBC TV show with the tagline &#8220;Get ready to put science to the test&#8221; is launching what it claims will be the largest investigation into the efficacy of brain training with brain games. So far they have 25,000 people signed up for this experiment which aims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A talk on adult neurogenesis and neuroplasticity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An award acceptance speech with a long discussion of neurogenesis and neuroplasticity. Have a look if you want to learn a little more in-depth science about this process that is shaping your mind. Good to have a background in biology if you want to get too much out of it.]]></description>
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