Brain Training Articles & News, Page 76

Check out these fun ways to keep your child’s brain engaged without breaking the bank: Think INSIDE the box. Call some local retail stores to ask if they have any oversize cardboard boxes. Kids of all ages love turning boxes into houses, tables, stoves, clubs and more. Be sure to stock up on thick washable ...

Researchers in Switzerland have developed an intervention to help students learn math. The program is said to help students "surpass their intuitions and rely on the use of math principles." Is it effective? According to a summary of the results, the ACE-Arithm-Ecole saw more than half of students develop the skills to solve difficult problems, ...

Nationally renowned brain training experts Ken Gibson and Tanya Mitchell have created a free list to help parents shop for toys, games, and brain activities that will help improve their children’s learning skills. (See the list of cognitive skills and their descriptions below.) “Our hope is that parents will shop wisely for toys this year, ...

Looking for some fun, brain-boosting activities for your kids? Check out this LearningRx Game Pack: https://www.learningrx.com/documents/media/GamePack.pdf

Click here to view six fun brainy games for parents and kids to do together

Photo courtesy of The Pioneer Woman We admit that while pizza may not be known for its brain and body benefits, this pizza, with a fresh bruschetta topping, is loaded with tons of tomatoes which are a great superfood for your brain. Tomatoes shrink stroke risk by 50%, fight off heart attacks, protect against 9 types ...

Do you drink coffee to "wake up" your brain? A first-of-its-kind study has found that just 20 minutes of exercise works just as well coffee to boost working memory. In addition, exercise can help with things like mood and focus just as much as caffeine. Even a brisk walk can help boost working memory and ...

Most kinds of nuts are good for your brain and body, but new research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has singled out walnuts for their ability to help slow cognitive decline in at-risk elderly. The study, which came from team in California and Spain, found that walnuts appear to be particular effective ...

If you’re worried that your teen didn’t score that well on the ACTs, you may want to refocus on their GPA. That’s because a new study from the University of Chicago has found that GPAs are stronger predictors of whether someone will graduate from college than ACT scores.  The researchers were not only surprised to ...

For nearly 40 years, researchers have claimed that men have an advantage on test of spatial cognition. But new research from the Leo Esports Science Lab in Ireland has found that it’s not true. Their tests showed that men have no advantage in mental rotation abilities once the time was lengthened to allow for the ...