Brain Training Articles & News, Page 166

Did you know that eating a potato can calm you down? Or that nutmeg and cinnamon can cause feelings of euphoria? Amino acids and other natural compounds are able to steer our mood swings. Nutrients can stimulate different regions of the brain and release chemicals that enhance brain activity or protect the brain from aging. ...

Think LearningRx is just for kids? Virginia Romero, from Shreveport, LA is 82 years old. She had a stroke and lost some of her abilities. She couldn’t remember where she lived or how old she was – so she called LearningRx in Shreveport to see if they could help. The following video is proof. She ...

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Scientists in England have done something that makes all the science fiction you’ve ever watched or read seem suddenly plausible. They’ve taken brain cells (neurons) from the brain of a rat, and put them in a bell jar. Creepy enough already, but just wait. They also made a little robot, with sensors that “speak” to ...

This fascinating video may challenge your ideas about intelligence. It’s called “Battle of the Brains” and explores the different types of intelligence that can be found in different people. There are 7 people in the challenge: a fighter pilot, a dramatist, a quantum physicist, an artist, a chess grandmaster, a musical prodigy and a Wall ...

Anytime a great new idea comes on the scene, it is inevitably followedby a herd of experts all claiming that they have the best resource foryou. But how can you tell which one is telling the truth? Brain training is no exception to this principle. It’s new, it’sexciting and it is yielding amazing results in ...

For years, moms have been making their kids take summertime piano lessons. Not surprisingly, moms know best: it turns out those piano lessons may have helped you more than you realize. Over the summer, students typically lose over 22% of what they learned the previous year. They call it “summer slide” and Kim Bellini, director ...

Last time, we posted a few puzzles to test your logic and reasoning skills. In this post, you can find out how you did! Below are the answers to the three quiz questions, and an explanation of how each answer is achieved. Logic and Reasoning Skills: Quiz Answers The first answer is found by visualizing ...

Any logic and reasoning skill test is designed to see how well you handle and solve problems, using logic. Logic & Reasoning is one of the brain’s cognitive skills. When this skill is strong, logical thinking comes naturally, although logic, like math, still must be taught. A person with weak logic and reasoning skills will ...

Introducing a brand new LearningRx website… LearningRx.org! Parents with children who struggle to learn are careful to choose wisely which programs they invest in. They want a program that is created by and run by people who care for them and their children, from the heart. The purpose of LearningRx.org is to give parents the ...