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		<title>The Psychology of Buying a Car</title>
		<link>http://www.brainybehavior.com/blog/2010/02/the-psychology-of-buying-a-car/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in the process of buying a larger car for my expanding family. I&#8217;ve spent more than a year researching cars and prices online. Now that I&#8217;m to the point where purchasing a car is necessary, I have been looking at cars more seriously. Last night I finally decided to go visit a local car [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Memory of H.M. &#8211; Live Video</title>
		<link>http://www.brainybehavior.com/blog/2009/12/in-memory-of-h-m-live-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brain Observatory &#8211; In Memory of H.M..
Click on the above link to watch H.M.&#8217;s brain being sliced into histological sections at the University of California &#8211; San Diego. The cutting resumes today (Thursday, December 3, 2009) at 11 AM EST. The researchers expect to cover the medial temporal lobes (including what is left of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Liberals Smarter Than Conservatives?</title>
		<link>http://www.brainybehavior.com/blog/2009/10/are-liberals-smarter-than-conservatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[intelligence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IQ]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are Liberals Smarter Than Conservatives? — The American, A Magazine of Ideas.
As someone interested in intelligence and politics this article is very interesting. It is written from a conservative viewpoint but it quite balanced (there are some mild jabs at the &#8220;liberal elite&#8221; though).
&#8220;Who are smarter, liberals or conservatives? This is the kind of question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Memories In the Brains of Flies</title>
		<link>http://www.brainybehavior.com/blog/2009/10/writing-memories-in-the-brains-of-flies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[memory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source for the following post: BBC NEWS &#124; Science &#38; Environment &#124; Bad memories written with lasers
The brains of flies are far simpler than the brains of humans. Previously, researchers had discovered that only 12 neurons were involved in the formation of associative memories in flies. This most recent study builds on this knowledge. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prevalence of Psychologists in Argentina</title>
		<link>http://www.brainybehavior.com/blog/2009/10/prevalence-of-psychologists-in-argentina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[clinical psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 2008 study found that Argentina has 145 psychologists per 100,000 citizens. That is the highest rate in the world. The Wall Street Journal reports the following numbers (from 2005 &#8211; the number of psychologists in Argentina has increased since that time):

&#8220;Per Capita: Argentina topped a world ranking of psychologists per capita compiled by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-operative Cognitive Dysfunction</title>
		<link>http://www.brainybehavior.com/blog/2009/09/post-operative-cognitive-dysfunction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cognition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visit this link to my article on Brain Blogger to read a brief description of post-operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). Here is a selection of what I wrote.
In the mid 1950s, Dr. Bedford reported on a number of older adults who exhibited cognitive problems (memory or planning or being able to sustain attention) following surgery where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Relationship Between Executive Function and Processing Speed</title>
		<link>http://www.brainybehavior.com/blog/2009/07/executive-function-processing-speed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parkinson's Disease]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[axons]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[frontal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frontal loops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[neurons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prefrontal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding the relationship between brain (specifically subcortical structures) and cognitive processes is a field still in its infancy. The rise of structural and functional neuroimaging that started in the 1970s and really began to mature in the 1990s (with even greater changes and advancements being made today), led to the ability to measure the structure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Executive Function?</title>
		<link>http://www.brainybehavior.com/blog/2009/07/what-is-executive-function/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Executive function is a term that describes a wide range of cognitive behaviors and processes. It is broad enough of a term that some people simply describe it as, “what the frontal lobes do.” When asked what exactly the frontal lobes do do, some revert to the circular definition of “executive functions.” However, executive functions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video of my brain</title>
		<link>http://www.brainybehavior.com/blog/2009/04/video-of-my-brain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brainybehavior.com/blog/2009/04/video-of-my-brain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mri]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I posted a video of my brain on YouTube just to show the quality of MRI scans we have now (and the fun things we can do with post-processing). The scans were done on a 3T Philips Achieva MR scanner. We acquired 2 T1 scans of my brain (160 1mm slices &#8211; 1 mm cubed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mad Cow And Alzheimer&#8217;s Have Surprising Link : NPR</title>
		<link>http://www.brainybehavior.com/blog/2009/02/mad-cow-and-alzheimers-have-surprising-link-npr/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brainybehavior.com/blog/2009/02/mad-cow-and-alzheimers-have-surprising-link-npr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alzheimer's disease]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[biology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mad Cow And Alzheimer&#8217;s Have Surprising Link : NPR. If this research showing a link between prion proteins and the deleterious effects of beta-amyloid plaques in rat brains holds true in humans, it has huge implications for finding a cure for Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. That would be as big as the polio vaccine or eradicating small [...]]]></description>
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