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		<title>French bread spiked with LSD in CIA experiment</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/03/12/french-bread-spiked-with-lsd-in-cia-experiment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/03/12/french-bread-spiked-with-lsd-in-cia-experiment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1951, a quiet, picturesque village in southern France was suddenly and mysteriously struck down with mass insanity and hallucinations. At least five people died, dozens were interned in asylums and hundreds afflicted. For decades it was assumed that the &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/03/12/french-bread-spiked-with-lsd-in-cia-experiment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Science of Love: Romance and Patterns of Attraction</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/02/19/science-of-love-romance-and-patterns-of-attraction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/02/19/science-of-love-romance-and-patterns-of-attraction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:31:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Neurochemistry has never been so romantic. Slides are not visible, but still a fascinating lecture with 27 minutes of Q&#38;A. A Valentine’s fave, see also this Stonybrook lecture, another 2006 lecture, an interview, and a New York Times interview.]]></description>
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		<title>The waterfall illusion can be transferred between vision and touch</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/02/17/the-waterfall-illusion-can-be-transferred-between-vision-and-touch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/02/17/the-waterfall-illusion-can-be-transferred-between-vision-and-touch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consciousness/Psych/Brain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you look at a waterfall for about 30 seconds, and then shift your gaze to a nearby stationary object, such as a rock or a tree, that object will seem to drift slowly upwards. This well known optical illusion &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/02/17/the-waterfall-illusion-can-be-transferred-between-vision-and-touch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Spiritual Brain: Selective Cortical Lesions Modulate Human Self-Transcendence</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/02/17/the-spiritual-brain-selective-cortical-lesions-modulate-human-self-transcendence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/02/17/the-spiritual-brain-selective-cortical-lesions-modulate-human-self-transcendence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consciousness/Psych/Brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mind/Body/Spirit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The predisposition of human beings toward spiritual feeling, thinking, and behaviors is measured by a supposedly stable personality trait called self-transcendence. Although a few neuroimaging studies suggest that neural activation of a large fronto-parieto-temporal network may underpin a variety of &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/02/17/the-spiritual-brain-selective-cortical-lesions-modulate-human-self-transcendence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Cutaneous Rabbit Illusion Hops Out Of The Body</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/02/17/the-cutaneous-rabbit-illusion-hops-out-of-the-body/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/02/17/the-cutaneous-rabbit-illusion-hops-out-of-the-body/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consciousness/Psych/Brain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[IF a rapid series of taps are applied first to your wrist and then to your elbow, you will experience a perceptual illusion, in which phantom sensations are felt along the skin connecting the two points that were actually touched. &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2010/02/17/the-cutaneous-rabbit-illusion-hops-out-of-the-body/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Daniel Pinchbeck in Lawrence, KS</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/05/29/daniel-pinchbeck-in-lawrence-ks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/05/29/daniel-pinchbeck-in-lawrence-ks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 14:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my recording of Daniel Pinchbeck&#8217;s recent lecture at the Alton Ballroom in Lawrence, KS. You can either download the mp3 from here or listen below&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers use brain interface to post to Twitter</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/20/researchers-use-brain-interface-to-post-to-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/20/researchers-use-brain-interface-to-post-to-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In early April, Adam Wilson posted a status update on the social networking Web site Twitter — just by thinking about it. Just 23 characters long, his message, &#34;using EEG to send tweet,&#34; demonstrates a natural, manageable way in which &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/20/researchers-use-brain-interface-to-post-to-twitter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hollow Mask Illusion Fails To Fool Schizophrenia Patients</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/17/hollow-mask-illusion-fails-to-fool-schizophrenia-patients/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/17/hollow-mask-illusion-fails-to-fool-schizophrenia-patients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patients with schizophrenia are able to correctly see through an illusion known as the ‘hollow mask’ illusion, probably because their brain disconnects ‘what the eyes see’ from what ‘the brain thinks it is seeing’, according to a joint UK and &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/17/hollow-mask-illusion-fails-to-fool-schizophrenia-patients/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Scorpion venom with nanoparticles slows spread of brain cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/17/scorpion-venom-with-nanoparticles-slows-spread-of-brain-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/17/scorpion-venom-with-nanoparticles-slows-spread-of-brain-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/17/scorpion-venom-with-nanoparticles-slows-spread-of-brain-cancer/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, University of Washington researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 percent, compared to 45 percent for the scorpion venom alone.&#160; &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2009/04/17/scorpion-venom-with-nanoparticles-slows-spread-of-brain-cancer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>IBM to build brain-like computers</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/11/21/ibm-to-build-brain-like-computers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/11/21/ibm-to-build-brain-like-computers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IBM has announced it will lead a US government-funded collaboration to make electronic circuits that mimic brains. Part of a field called &#34;cognitive computing&#34;, the research will bring together neurobiologists, computer and materials scientists and psychologists. As a first step &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/11/21/ibm-to-build-brain-like-computers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study Shows How We Evolved Different Personalities</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/11/13/2609/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although members of the same species share more than 99 percent of their genetic makeup, individuals often have small differences, such as in their appearance, susceptibility to disease, and life expectancy. Another difference, one that has gone overlooked from the &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/11/13/2609/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Mind Gaming&#8217; Could Enter Market This Year</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/03/17/mind-gaming-could-enter-market-this-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/03/17/mind-gaming-could-enter-market-this-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an adapted version of the Harry Potter video game, players lift boulders and throw lightning bolts using only their minds. Just as physical movement changed the interface of gaming with Nintendo&#8217;s Wii, the power of the mind may be &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/03/17/mind-gaming-could-enter-market-this-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Behavior: An Absence of Free Will, a Tendency to Cheat</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/21/behavior-an-absence-of-free-will-a-tendency-to-cheat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/21/behavior-an-absence-of-free-will-a-tendency-to-cheat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is no such thing as free will, do you really have to put that money into the office coffee kitty when no one is looking? A study suggests that when people are encouraged to believe their behavior is &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/21/behavior-an-absence-of-free-will-a-tendency-to-cheat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Horizon: Britain&#8217;s Most Dangerous Drug</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/20/horizon-britains-most-dangerous-drug/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/20/horizon-britains-most-dangerous-drug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<title>Dean Kamen&#8217;s &#8216;Luke Arm&#8217; Prosthesis Readies for Clinical Trials</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/18/dean-kamens-luke-arm-prosthesis-readies-for-clinical-trials-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/18/dean-kamens-luke-arm-prosthesis-readies-for-clinical-trials-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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