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There’s a lot to understand about the teen brain, which has been shown to have some significant differences compared to the brains of children and adults. But for the sake of simplicity, let’s start with some simple truths that focus on learning struggles during this critical stage of development.   Truth #1: Even smart teens can ...

In 2022, Brain Awareness Week will take place March 14-20. The global campaign is designed to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain science.  Each year, partners host imaginative activities in their communities that share the wonders of the brain and the impact brain science has on our everyday lives. Participating institutions and organizations include ...

How a TBI impacts Cognitive Skills  Our brain uses a set of core skills to think, learn, read, reason, remember, and pay attention. These cognitive skills include auditory and visual processing, memory, logic & reasoning, attention, and processing speed. When damaged neurons lose their ability to send information to one another because of a traumatic brain ...

Although LearningRx doesn’t diagnose or treat traumatic brain injury, its programs are designed to aid the cognitive performance of each client. LearningRx has worked with children, teens, seniors, soldiers, and other adults who have experienced a range of brain injuries—from concussions to very traumatic brain injuries.  Learn how brain training helps survivors of traumatic brain injury ...

We wanted to provide you with brainy books to read for Read Across America Day. Every year, Read Across America Day is held on Dr. Seuss’s birthday, March 2. Launched in 1998 by the National Education Association, the day (as well as Read Across America Month, which is celebrated throughout the entire month of March) ...

We are excited to announce the winners of the LearningRx Presidents’ Day Memorization Contest! For this contest, we asked LearningRx students, past students, or anyone who knows all 46 presidents to recite all presidents from memory while simultaneously doing something on video.   In the past years, we have had people submit videos reciting the presidents ...

We understand why there’s some hesitancy to try personal brain training if other interventions for learning, reading, or memory struggles haven’t worked. After all, the definition of insanity is "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." Factor in the amount of time and money required to try tutoring, brain games, or ...

Did you know that cognitive skills cause most learning struggles? These are the brain skills you use to think, read, learn, remember, reason, and pay attention, and they work together to take incoming information and move it to the bank of knowledge. Need an example? Think about a team meeting at work. When your boss ...

For most of us, getting older comes with some significant benefits: we tend to get more mature as we learn from our mistakes; we begin to grasp what’s truly important in life (family, friends, learning, etc.); and we better understand and develop our interests, values, and boundaries. But aging also brings potential problems if we ...

Most people who read for leisure are doing so for the enjoyment, and the brain-boosting effects of reading are latent benefits of doing something they love. So, what are the benefits of leisure reading? • lowered blood pressure and heart rate • decreased symptoms of depression • reduced stress • increased brain connectivity • slowed ...