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Can Comic Books Improve Brain Function?

Next time your kid picks up a comic book, don’t be so quick to assume it’s a waste of time. Because comics use both images, words, sound effects, color, spatial layouts, panel composition and more, researchers say these multimodal cues can stimulate similar processes to the human brain mapping the world around it. Thanks to ...

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Why Your Brain Wants You to Watch That Belly Fat

Need some extra motivation to whittle that waistline? A study out of Iowa State University found that fluid intelligence tended to decrease with age in people with more abdominal fat. The study, which was done on thousands of middle-aged and older people, found that more body fat and less muscle mass negatively affected changes in ...

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Can drumming make your brain more efficient?

Go ahead and get your kid that noisy drum set! New research has found that drummers modify the way the left and right sides of their brain communicate. The scientists found that the “cabling” that crosses hemispheres is significantly different for musicians vs. their non-musician counterparts. Find out what the researchers found regarding drumming and ...

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Name All U.S. Presidents and You Could Win a Gift Card!

Our national Presidents Day Video Contest is underway, and your child or teen could win one of THREE Amazon gift cards valued at up to $100! Create a video reciting the last names of all U.S. Presidents by memory (complete with distractions & multitasking if you can!), and post on your social media account. Make sure you ...

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Gibson Institute interviewed for Reader’s Digest’s TheHealthy.com

This piece on “7 Signs Your Toddler Might Have ADHD” features advice from Dr. Amy Moore of The Gibson Institute of Cognitive Research. The Gibson Institute is the research arm of LearningRx. https://www.thehealthy.com/adhd/signs-toddler-adhd/

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LearningRx Cedar Rapids on Channel 9 ABC | Brain Training Center

Here’s Courtney Axline of LearningRx Cedar Rapids discussing signsof ADHD and what can be done to help kids with attention struggles. https://www.kcrg.com/video/?vid=565433372

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LearningRx featured on iPlayAmerica | Brain Training Center

LearningRx’s 7 tips to avoid the holiday brain drain were featuredon iPlayAmerica.com’s website. https://www.iplayamerica.com/blog/LearningRx-reviews-7-tips-to-avoid-the-holiday-brain-drain/

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LearningRx Huntsville wins Small Business of the Year Award | Brain Training Center

The Huntsville Item featured an article on the Chamber’s best in business communitygala and LearningRx Huntsville won for Small Business of the Year. https://www.itemonline.com/news/local_news/chamber-of-commerce-honors-the-best-in-business-community-at/article_c162b1fe-d73f-5f61-8c57-64abac0d430d.html

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LearningRx Owatonna Named “Best Kept Secret” by Southern Minn Scene | Cognitive Skills Training

For its annual list of awards, Southern Minn Scene named LearningRx Owatonna’spersonal brain training center “Best Kept Secret.” https://www.southernminnscene.com/miscellaneous-best-kept-secret-learning-rx/

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LearningRx Savage on Dr. Tye Moe’s Whole Family Chiro Channel | Brain Training Center

Here’s Rich Frieder of LearningRx Savage appeared on Whole FamilyChiro to discuss personal brain training and how it helped his own daughter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgnlWcDxHdM

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