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		<title>By: How to Keep Your Brain Young &#171; Feed Your Mind</title>
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		<dc:creator>How to Keep Your Brain Young &#171; Feed Your Mind</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] came across an insightful article titled  Science Proves You Can Improve Your Mind which discusses brain research conducted with a group of Buddhist monks.  The article states [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Dominic</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dominic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi there I like your post, hope my comment will keep up your good work with your blog SPARTAN!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi there I like your post, hope my comment will keep up your good work with your blog SPARTAN!</p>
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		<title>By: What are the natural enemies of self confidence? &#124; Building Self Confidence &#124; Confidence Tips &#124; Build Self Esteem</title>
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		<dc:creator>What are the natural enemies of self confidence? &#124; Building Self Confidence &#124; Confidence Tips &#124; Build Self Esteem</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] progress and growth of self-confidence correctly starts with self examination.  The mind should be thoroughly inspected so that detrimental inclinations are checked, weaknesses are [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Hanh Pung</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hanh Pung</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello. Great job. I did not expect this on a Wednesday. This is a great story. Thanks!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello. Great job. I did not expect this on a Wednesday. This is a great story. Thanks!</p>
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		<title>By: What Is Success In Life And How To Achieve It? &#124; mindsecretsexposed.com</title>
		<link>http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/science-proves-you-can-improve-your-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-62050</link>
		<dc:creator>What Is Success In Life And How To Achieve It? &#124; mindsecretsexposed.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] of letting your goals and aims linger around your mind, set them straight and set them right, just by using the primitive tools of paper and paper. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Learn How To Trick The Mind To Success &#124; mindsecretsexposed.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>Learn How To Trick The Mind To Success &#124; mindsecretsexposed.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] affirmations or messages that are embedded within will then work their way around the subconscious mind. Your subconscious mind will process these messages and that is how you will get to [...]</description>
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		<dc:creator>The Background And The Use Of Clicker Training For Dogs &#124; Self Help Station</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] physically manipulate the animal to sit, for example. Modern animal behaviorists find that animals learn more by themselves than when someone “shows” them how they should react in a [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Keeping Your Brain Young &#124; PickTheBrain</title>
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		<description>[...] wrote an insightful article titled Science Proves You Can Improve Your Mind which also discusses research conducted with Buddhist monks. In John’s article he wrote “Mental [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Video: Matthieu Ricard on Finding Happiness Through Mind Training &#124; PickTheBrain</title>
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		<dc:creator>Video: Matthieu Ricard on Finding Happiness Through Mind Training &#124; PickTheBrain</dc:creator>
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		<description>[...] Scientifically measuring happiness and our ability to train the mind through neuro-plasticity. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Stephanie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not sure we know yet what can and cannot be changed. The two books reviewed here are very thought-provoking about our potential:

http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/2007/03/blog_glob_revew.html

Regarding the benefits of meditation (or lack of), here&#039;s a study:

http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/meditation/medit.pdf

And here is a write-up of the study with a short comment on how it was done:

http://www.ikwiki.org/default.asp?item=641498</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not sure we know yet what can and cannot be changed. The two books reviewed here are very thought-provoking about our potential:</p>
<p><a href="http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/2007/03/blog_glob_revew.html" rel="nofollow">http://westallen.typepad.com/idealawg/2007/03/blog_glob_revew.html</a></p>
<p>Regarding the benefits of meditation (or lack of), here&#8217;s a study:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/meditation/medit.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/meditation/medit.pdf</a></p>
<p>And here is a write-up of the study with a short comment on how it was done:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ikwiki.org/default.asp?item=641498" rel="nofollow">http://www.ikwiki.org/default.asp?item=641498</a></p>
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