Seven Cognitive Skills and Their Link to Learning Struggles | Cognitive Training Programs

Since its inception in 1992, the United Nations and the world has observedDecember 3 as International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). Tohelp those struggling with cognitive disabilities, personal brain trainingcompany LearningRx has created a video explaining the seven core cognitiveskills and how they are linked to learning struggles.

“Cognitive skills are the core skills your brain uses to think, read,learn, remember, reason and pay attention,” explains LearningRxVice President of Research & Development Tanya Mitchell. “Workingtogether, they take incoming information and move it into the bank ofknowledge you use every day at school, at work and in life. Each of yourcognitive skills plays an important part in processing new information.That means if even one of these skills is weak, no matter what kind ofinformation is coming your way, grasping, retaining or using that informationis impacted. In fact, most learning struggles are caused by one or moreweak cognitive skills. But this video doesn’t just explain the rootcause of learning disabilities, it also provides hope.”

Referred to as “the world’s largest minority,” peoplewith disabilities make up more than 15% of the world’s population.The term “disability” can refer to a wide variety of impairmentsof individual functioning, including cognitive, physical, sensory, intellectualand mental. The 2016 IDPD marks the 10-year anniversary of the adoptionof the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which wasone of the most quickly and widely ratified international treaties putforth by the United Nations since it was formed. This year’s themeis “Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want,” referringto the recent adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and theirrole in building a more equitable and inclusive world for everyone. Tolearn more about International Day of People with Disabilities, visithttps://www.un.org/en/events/disabilitiesday/.

LearningRx, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the largestone-on-one brain training organization in the world. With 80 Centers inthe U.S., and locations in 40 countries around the globe, LearningRx hashelped more than 95,000 individuals and families sharpen their cognitiveskills to help them think faster, learn easier, and perform better. Theiron-site programs partner every client with a personal brain trainer tokeep clients engaged, accountable, and on-task — a key advantageover online-only brain exercises. Their pioneering methods have been usedin clinical settings for 35 years and have been verified as beneficialin peer-reviewed research papers and journals.