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		<title>Want to be happy?  Stay focused!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recently published study concluded that the more your mind wanders, the less happy it is. That is, staying focused and present might go a long way to increasing your satisfaction and fulfillment in life. The study was conducted in a novel way &#8211; using the iPhone. An application that people voluntarily downloaded to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>try something new (because learning is fun!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The brain is designed to be a learning machine. It has evolved over millions of years to digest all the information around it and synthesize it into behaviors and decisions that enhance our probability of survival and reproduction. For all the talk you hear about specific regions controlling particular aspects of your body or your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>brain games make you smarter&#8230; but so does eating dirt?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You shouldn&#8217;t really need another reason to take a walk in the woods or dig in your garden &#8211; both exercise &#038; being outside in nature have myriad benefits &#8211; but just in case, let me share some fascinating research. The results of a recent study suggest that the simple act of exposing yourself to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>take notice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The brain thrives on novel stimuli. It loves to learn, to explore and discover. However, many of us lead lives of routine and pattern that limit how much new stuff our brains are exposed to. If this describes you, do yourself a favor and work to break these patterns and start seeking out new things. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>stay away from (refined) sugar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diet of course can have a tremendous affect on your health, but did you also know that it can affect the functioning of your brain? Along those lines, there are a variety of different foods/nutrients that are thought to have either a positive or negative effect on your mental processes. One of the main foods [...]]]></description>
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		<title>keep on dancing, never grow old</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the following tip sounds more like preaching than advice, that&#8217;s because it is: lace up your shoes and go dancing. Not only is dancing great exercise (which increases blood flow to your brain), relaxing (reducing stress), and fun (improving mood), it also serves to exercise your balance, coordination skills and sense of timing/rhythm. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>brain fitness tip: meditation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is possibly the ultimate brain fitness tip. So few of us make the effort to explore meditation or to practice it regularly, yet it can have such a profound and positive impact on the brain. Thanks to new advances in neuro-imaging technologies, scientists are now able to observe the effects of meditation on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>join a group</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of our higher cognitive functions have evolved to facilitate social interactions, so it should be no surprise that socializing is good for your brain. Various studies have shown the value of family, friendships and community in maintaining health, happiness and longevity. Some of us already have enough of this in our lives and perhaps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>get back to math</title>
		<link>http://playwithyourmind.com/brain-fitness-tips/get-back-to-math/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are like most people, math is a class you take in high school &#038; college only to be forgotten and ignored for the remainder of life. Sure, we all do arithmetic from time to time when working with money, but most other aspects of math are never again used once you leave school. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>try your mind at programming</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://playwithyourmind.com/?p=1438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I doubt many of you would think of picking up programming as a hobby, but you might want to give it some thought. I&#8217;m not sure there is anything else in my life that challenges my brain in so many different ways than writing code. Learning a language is great exercise of your memory and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>don&#8217;t forget about that other hand&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who consider yourselves to be right-handed or left-handed, it might be in your best interest to abandon that notion and work to become ambidextrous. Perhaps you think that sounds crazy, but this is one I have personal experience with and I can tell you it&#8217;s definitely feasible. Think about it: when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>imagine</title>
		<link>http://playwithyourmind.com/brain-fitness-tips/imagine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://playwithyourmind.com/?p=1341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that thinking about doing something is almost as effective as actually doing it, when it comes to learning something? This may sound crazy, but it&#8217;s true. Studies have shown that participants who spent time thinking about playing the piano were nearly just as effective at learning how to do it as those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>spin away</title>
		<link>http://playwithyourmind.com/brain-fitness-tips/spin-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was sitting at the table eating dinner when I endulged in a childhood habit of spinning a quarter on the table and trying to stop it mid-spin. The trick is you need to be very precise and steady with your movement and hit the perfect spot with the right pressure. The more you do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fine Sensory Discrimination</title>
		<link>http://playwithyourmind.com/brain-fitness-tips/fine-sensory-discrimination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://playwithyourmind.com/?p=1199</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, I have put a lot of effort into learning to identify the different types of trees in the area. This is no small challenge, as some of them differ only in minute details, and there are numerous different factors that one must consider to properly make an identification. It occurred to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>take aim</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think for a moment how amazing our capacity to aim is. To see a target, assess its position in space relative to you, and then move your arm at the right trajectory and velocity (taking into account the phyiscal properties of the object you are throwing, and the influence of gravity) in order to hit [...]]]></description>
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