Increase Brain Power
Keeping the brain healthy and Increasing Its Power
Expanded brain function equals enhanced performance
If the brain can function better and faster, it will. A healthy brain naturally seeks to operate as efficiently as possible. If you expand brain capacity and connections, the brain will take advantage of the new resources every time it faces a processing task. Since academic performance is dependant on cognitive skill function, increasing the brain’s capabilities leads to improved academic performance.
Researchers have been astounded at cases where portions of a patient’s brain were damaged or surgically removed following disease or stroke. Yet memories of the skills in the remaining part of the brain remained and could even be improved!1 With deliberate training, these individuals were able to retain or relearn skills in other parts of the brain. These cases show not only that knowledge can be transferred between parts of the brain, but that the remaining parts can be strengthened as well.
Application: LearningRx training primarily concentrates on increasing and strengthening brain function and efficiency. This leaves the secondary activity of academic tutoring to others if such help is still needed to catch up. By focusing on the foundation of a student’s capacity to learn, learning is ultimately (and quickly) enhanced for a lifetime.
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Big, fast changes are important
The brain has the potential to expand -- and do so quickly. Very few people have maximized their innate learning capacity, which is actually designed to grow. Good training simply takes advantage of these inherent qualities of the brain.
The brain recognizes big change as important change. When facing the call for big, fast changes, people may at first be apprehensive. But, when the big, fast changes happen, they are rewarded with pride and increased motivation. You can call it the “payoff for taking the risk.” The bigger the payoff, and the sooner it is realized, the greater a student’s willingness to go through the training procedures. Big, fast changes maximize the brain’s tendency to adapt to important information. They also maximize the student’s motivation and self-esteem.
Application: LearningRx training recognizes the capacity for big, fast changes. The programs are designed to last between three and six short months, not years like some other programs. To accomplish this goal, the training is constructed in a series of small incremental steps that can be attained rapidly. Accomplishing many small goals creates big changes quickly. This approach gives valid, tangible, immediate payback as well as the incentive to keep going. It trains skills and boosts self-esteem at the same time.
LearningRx training pushes the “intensity” envelope and rewards the students with achievable, incremental success. The fun, yet intense training causes the brain to grow, while the student is rewarded and continues to be motivated to change. It all amounts to an incentive to continue to make the investment for the quickest and greatest returns possible.
The training is designed to stimulate motivation. Each time a student completes a series of exercises, he realizes just how much his skills are improving. That positive realization will serve as part of the reward for past efforts, as well as an incentive for future ones. At times, the student may think the training is tough or difficult, but overall growth and improvement will carry him or her through.
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Excerpts of the book Unlock the Enstein Inside by Dr. Ken Gibson
1 Ratey, MD, J. A User’s Guide to the Brain: Perception, Attention, and the Four Theaters of the Brain. Pantheon Books. 2001.
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