Brain Training Articles & News

Research has connected certain cognitive skills to early reading skills. Working memory (WM) has a vital role to play in the academic performance of children, due to multiple academic tasks involving multiple sequences of tasks that should be remembered in a short period of time (Bergman Nutley & Söderqvist, 2017).For example, a deficit in working ...

Although 80% of LearningRx clients are under the age of 18-years-old, there are adults that have benefited from working on their cognitive skills through brain training, and Mary from Fort Collins, Colorado is one of them. Mary is a hard-working mom and friend who has owned and operated an insurance agency with her son for over ...

Many people incorrectly assuming that LearningRx only offers one-on-one brain training to children and teens. But the truth is that we’ve worked with thousands of adult to help turn today’s weaknesses into tomorrow’s strengths! Why do adults come to LearningRx for personal brain training? Some adults and seniors that come to LearningRx simply want to ...

December 5 is International Ninja Day and LearningRx is celebrating the informal definition of the word: "a person who excels in a particular skill or activity." When families come to LearningRx, we often learn that the child or teen has had their confidence deflated by labels—some informally, some with an official diagnosis. These students (and their ...

After 56-year-old Sally lost her father to Alzheimer’s disease, she started beginning to notice her own memory issues. She decided to invest in a one-on-one brain training program at LearningRx Charlottesville in Virginia to improve her memory and boost her confidence. Training reminded Sally that she is very smart and that she can easily handle ...

Although much of America refers to the day after Thanksgiving as "Black Friday," a segment of the population prefers to celebrate it as National Buy Nothing Day. If you fall under the latter category, we’ve got four alternative “gifts” that will get your kids through life—not just the long Christmas break: 1. Responsibility. Coddling children does them ...

Every year during the week of Thanksgiving, families across the country celebrate National Game and Puzzle Week by breaking out their favorite boards games, jigsaw puzzles, and card games. It’s the perfect way to not only pass some time during the long holiday break from school, but also keep everyone’s brain engaged! That’s because different ...

Today is National Play Monopoly Day and LearningRx (www.LearningRx.com), the largest one-on-one brain training company in the world, wants you to know about the brain-boosting benefits of the game. Of course, the game is fun and makes for a great night of family bonding, but it also boosts important cognitive skills, including strategy, planning, attention, math ...

When Aaron’s family enrolled him at LearningRx Costa Mesa-Irvine, he was struggling with his grades and reading was a nightmare. Although an initial Brain Skills Assessment showed that some of his cognitive skills were strong, his long-term memory and auditory processing were weak. Aaron struggled to focus on reading, writing and following verbal instructions. But ...

When looking at the impact of working memory (WM) on reading, the research is direct. The key role WM has on reading performance is because tasks entail using both information processing and storage synchronously (Bergman Nutley & Söderqvist, 2017). Think of it as if someone wanted to understand the text, she must first visually process ...