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	<title>The Computing Brain</title>
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	<description>Computers, brains, and everything in between</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Introducing - the spiritual area of the brain</title>
		<link>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/introducing-the-spiritual-area-of-the-brain/</link>
		<comments>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/introducing-the-spiritual-area-of-the-brain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ran Halprin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[NeuroScience]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Humans have an area in the brain which is common to religious experiences, see Are humans hard-wired for faith?. This isn&#8217;t new, I&#8217;ve encountered it several years now. At first, it was an astonishing discovery, but thinking about it in retrospect, it&#8217;s kind of obvious for any person whose not an extreme spiritualist.
We know any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Map</title>
		<link>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/brain-map/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ran Halprin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC has a nice applet for exploring the Brain Map.
Enjoy  
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		<title>The difference between a scientist and a regular person</title>
		<link>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/the-difference-between-a-scientist-and-a-regular-person/</link>
		<comments>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/the-difference-between-a-scientist-and-a-regular-person/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ran Halprin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Funnies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Simple and concise, xkcd got it right  
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		<title>Growing a Brain in Switzerland</title>
		<link>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/print-neurotechnology-growing-a-brain-in-switzerland-international-spiegel-online-news/</link>
		<comments>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/print-neurotechnology-growing-a-brain-in-switzerland-international-spiegel-online-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ran Halprin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[NeuroScience]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the human genome is complete, I guess the natural next step would be to attempt to simulate the human brain:
Print - Neurotechnology: Growing a Brain in Switzerland - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
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		<title>Reading Shakespeare has dramatic effect on human brain</title>
		<link>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/reading-shakespeare-has-dramatic-effect-on-human-brain-science-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/reading-shakespeare-has-dramatic-effect-on-human-brain-science-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ran Halprin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[NeuroScience]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this interesting post:
Reading Shakespeare has dramatic effect on human brain &#124; Science Blog
Maybe I should replace my new book recommendation page with Shakespeare&#8217;s works? 
Anyway, the type of word-play suggested in this post has been a very common custom for me over the years (I have no idea where I picked it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penrose, consciousness, incompleteness</title>
		<link>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/penrose-consciousness-incompleteness/</link>
		<comments>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2007/03/16/penrose-consciousness-incompleteness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ran Halprin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Consciousness]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Aaronson wrote a very nice piece about consciousness and Quantum Mechanics. Actually, he&#8217;s just bashing some of Penrose&#8217;s ideas about consciousness and the inability of machines to achieve it.
I personally dislike these ideas of Penroses or Searles (Such as the Chinese Room). I find that any logical proof regarding a computation machine must apply, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Savants and Synthesia</title>
		<link>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/savants-and-synthesia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ran Halprin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[NeuroScience]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve hemi-neglected this blog for too long, but now that exams are over, maybe I&#8217;ll have more time to post.
Sunil wrote A very nice post about Savants and Synthesia. We tend to see perception as something that is unisensual, meaning we percieve sensory stimuli via one sense at a time. A picture is only percieved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tenth Dimension</title>
		<link>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2006/12/29/the-tenth-dimension/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ran Halprin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder how many dimensions exist? Ever read the wonderful book &#8220;Flatland: A romance of many dimensions&#8221; by Edwin Abbot? 
This animation presents clearly and consicely the theory of Ten Dimensions, which is (to my best understanding) at the basis of String theory and M-theory. It is actually not very relevant to this blog, except [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Will - another opinion</title>
		<link>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2006/12/21/free-will-another-opinion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ran Halprin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonah Lehrer from The Frontal Cortex believes that free will exists. I can&#8217;t say that the post&#8217;s information has much relation to that topic, but he does bring about some interesting notes about the plasticity and chaos in the human brain.
Regarding free will, in order to claim that there exists free will, we need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mirror neurons and Autism</title>
		<link>http://computingbrain.wordpress.com/2006/12/15/mirror-neurons-and-autism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ran Halprin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been lately shown that mirror neurons deficiency is related to autism. This is an interesting development.
Mirror neurons are traditionally accepted as responsible for mirroring actions, i.e.: If you see a person eat with a spoon, you will immediately know how to eat with a spoon yourself (monkey see monkey do). It does make [...]]]></description>
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