Brain Training Research

Brain Training Research

The Research Behind Our Programs

Brain Training Research - Proof Positive
A mom recently told us about watching her third-grader change from a withdrawn, frustrated failure in school into a confident, happy student with soaring self-esteem. She needed no technical explanation to believe in the value of brain training. Real proof is seen in the lives of changed students; however, there is also a growing body of scientific research documenting the effectiveness of our training. Here are a few of those references:

The completed studies linked below provide a comprehensive analysis of student experiences with LearningRx training.



Brain Training Research: 2011 LearningRx Results Report

At LearningRx, we measure the cognitive skills of every student before and after brain training. In other words, we not only get unmatched results from our brain training programs, we are able to measure those results scientifically. In our 2011 Results Report, you’ll find proof of the life changing gains our students experience as a result of one-on-one brain training at LearningRx. Click here to download our 2011 LearningRx Results Report.




Brain Training Research - Independent Ongoing Research: LearningRx Brain Training Selected for Groundbreaking $1 Million Study

Virginia State University is conducting a $1 million study funded by the National Science Foundation. The study will examine how cognitive skills training, also known as brain training, can help high school students improve their ability to think and learn. The study will also use brain scans to determine how brain training physically changes and rewires the brain. Every high school student in the Waskom Independent School District, in Waskom, Texas, has already completed testing with the Gibson Test to evaluate his or her cognitive skills, which are the mental tools we all use to think, learn, reason, remember and pay attention. Students will be divided into three groups—a control group that will receive no brain training, a second group that will receive online brain training at school for 15 weeks, and a third group that will undergo 15 weeks of personal, one-on-one brain training with a brain trainer from LearningRx. Students will be randomly chosen for brain scans that will measure changes in the brain as a result of the training. Click here to read more about this groundbreaking independent study.




Brain Training Research: Pilot TBI Program with Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs

LearningRx, in partnership with the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs, completed a pilot program to train and improve the cognitive functioning of 15 volunteer active duty service men and women who were suffering from TBI. The results of the study showed significant improvement in all seven areas of cognitive functioning, including the elimination of symptoms such as memory loss, poor concentration and difficulty organizing thoughts. Here is just one of the testimonials from a study participant: “Thank you for being a bright light in a dark place.” For details of the study, including pre-and-post testing results and additional testimonials, click the link above.




Brain Training Research: 2009 Study

In this Doctoral Thesis, Dr. Alicia Luckey confirmed that LearningRx Cognitive Skills Training Program resulted in statistically significant improvements in General Intellectual Ability (GIA). The improvements were close to one full standard deviation (14 points). Standard deviations are a way to measure the spread from what is "average" for a particular sample. In addition, the report showed that in areas of Working Memory and Sound Awareness, participants experienced improvements that were nearly as impressive at 2/3 of a standard deviation (10 points), while in the area of Word Attack skills, participants gained 5 standard score points. The study also revealed that these gains were consistent across the board, whether students were reported to have ADHD, reading disabilities, or no disability at all.




Brain Training Research: 2009 Test Results (Control Group Study)

"The LearningRx training system was developed to train and enhance cognitive learning skills. The LearningRx training procedures consist of tasks that emphasize auditory or visual processes and that require attention and reasoning throughout…these results suggest the LearningRx cognitive skills training can result in greater growth and that the program is worthy of further research."

Dick Carpenter, Ph.D., conducted this Control Group Study testing the effects of LearningRx training (both basic cognitive skills training and reading training) on 61 students age 6 to 16. The 12-page report details Dr. Carpenter's findings.




Brain Training Research: 2006 Test Results (lowest quartile)

Doctoral Student Alicia J. Luckey, M.A., Educational Psychology, Arizona State University, performed an in-depth analysis documenting the effect of LearningRx training on 2,080 students who completed programs in 2006. Of special interest is the demographic sample; due to the nature of the program, which focuses on improving weaker cognitive skill areas, students whose scores fell in the lowest 25% of the sample were analyzed. This 13-page report gives insights into LearningRx's effectiveness as a training tool for students struggling with both basic learning and reading competency.




Brain Training Research - Additional Research Documents

LearningRx Informational Sheets and Test Results:

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