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		<title>Wilhelm Wundt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Experimental Psychology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man with the awesome beard and glasses over there is none other than Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt, a German philosopher/physician from the 1800’s. A prominent figure in the history of psychology, Wundt is often referred to as the “Father of Experimental Psychology”. He set up the first psychology laboratory. In addition, he pretty much got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Autism Through Parody</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a means of bringing controversial or overlooked ideas into the public eye, comedy is one method that is usually not extremely threatening to listeners. People usually do not feel uneasy when presented with a joke, offensive jokes aside. Heavy topics such as race relations or politics, which can often lead to tense discussions, can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Into the Silent Land &#8211; Book Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The brain is simply a mechanical storyteller. That is the underlying idea of Paul Broks’ Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology. The book is an amazing foray into the self and its purpose, ultimately questioning its very existence. There are some very interesting thoughts put forward here. The idea that the self, as we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research: Crying Not So Helpful</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pop Psych]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Stop crying, or I&#8217;ll give you something to cry about.&#8221; I&#8217;d venture a guess that quite a few people have heard that little gem. I know that my father told me that many times. Suffice it to say crying is a fact of life growing up. It is a natural response to many of life&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WAR!!!! &#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 07:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perception]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second part of my two-part post on my troubles with ants and the interesting psychological realizations that came about from the experience.]]></description>
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		<title>WAR!!!! &#8211; Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Musings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am at war! It is roughly 4 o’clock in the morning and I have spent the last few hours on my knees. My face is a mere 6 inches from the ground, and I have a strong florescent desk lamp in one hand and while I brace myself with the other. Systematically, I scan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Interesting Research Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the pursuit of my degree, I came across numerous studies covering a wide spectrum of topics. Most of these were presented as support for the topics we discussed in class; X is caused by Y, and here’s a study that proves it. Some of these studies, such as Pavlov’s work with his dogs, have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improve Yourself Using Feedback Loops</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feedback Loops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Improvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wired has this amazing article about harnessing feedback loops to make yourself better. The concept of feedback loops is discussed in the article, but basically it involves a change in behavior based on information generated by a previous behavior which in turn generates more information, and so on and so on. Circular definition, I know. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inattentional Blindness</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cognitive Psychology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, I was perusing the web, following a chain of links while doing some research and I stumbled across an amazing article on inattentional blindness. I suggest you go check out the link before you read any further. &#160; . . . Done. Okay! &#160; Cool, huh?!  As you probably gathered (having read the article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: A Lesson In Cognitive Dissonance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cognitive Psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post, I briefly discussed the concept of cognitive dissonance. Here&#8217;s a short video which introduces the topic and presents some of  Leon Festinger&#8216;s research  on the phenomena. &#160;]]></description>
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