Brain Training Articles & News

Want the latest news in brain science? Tips on how to build stronger learning and thinking skills? Updates about what’s happening at LearningRx? Browse brain training articles and news from LearningRx below!

Stress and the Teen Brain

            In case you don’t remember (or were the rare exception), being a teenager is HARD. There are hormones messing with your emotions, the worry about being popular, the stress of getting good grades, lack of sleep, acne, the pressures of going to college, peer pressure and significant changes to your brain. One or two ...

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20 Learning-related Acronyms

Learning is about more than your ABCs. In fact, we’re spelling out an entire list of acronyms (a word formed from the first letter of other words) related to education and learning. ACT: American College Testing What it is: A national college admissions exam ADD/ADHD: Attention Deficit/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder What it is: A learning ...

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Why Your Smart Kid Isn’t on the Honor Roll

For many parents, it’s one of the great mysteries of childrearing: Your very smart kid’s intelligence isn’t reflected in his report card. It’s confusing, isn’t it? How can such a brilliant brain bring home B’s? (Or C’s, or D’s, or worse.) We think you’ve scratched your head (and pulled out your hair!) enough. Here’s a ...

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Boosting Your Child’s Reading Comprehension This Summer

Summer provides the perfect opportunity to help strengthen your child’s reading comprehension – even before they’re old enough to read! For younger children that you’ll be reading to, start by choosing a book that’s age appropriate. Anything too advanced may come across as boring or confusing. You want to hold their interest and ensure they understand ...

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How Weak Cognitive Skills Contribute to Learning Struggles

Q: What are cognitive skills? A: Cognitive skills are the foundational tools we use to think and learn. Q: What happens when one or more cognitive skills are weak? A: When one or more cognitive skills are weak, it can impact how efficiently we grasp, process, remember, and apply what we are trying to learn. ...

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Personal Brain Training—from your home!

During the pandemic, LearningRx had to adapt on the fly. We quickly launched live, 1-on-1 brain training for students who couldn’t attend in-person training at our centers. Just like our in-person brain training, these 1-on-1 e-learning programs are designed to target and strengthen your student’s unique cognitive weaknesses and learning struggles. And all programs start ...

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Math Struggles: Tutoring vs. 1-on-1 Brain Tutoring

One of the questions we get the most is, "What’s the difference between tutoring and LearningRx 1-on-1 brain training?" Although tutoring can be very beneficial in some instances—such as when a student misses a lot of class due to an illness, injury or family move–it doesn’t always help the root cause of the problem. That’s ...

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3 Truths About Learning Barriers

May 7 is National Barrier Awareness Day and LearningRx is sharing some of the myths about learning disabilities and how to overcome learning barriers. Myth #1: Smart kids can’t have a learning disability. The truth: A learning disability can impact the way children of average to above average intelligence receive, process, or express information. It impacts their ability ...

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Which of the 3 types of ADHD does your daughter have?

Did you know that there are 3 types of ADHD? They fall into the following categories: INATTENTION Has low “attention to detail” skills, tending to produce work that shows careless mistakes and is messy Can be easily distracted by small noises and sights that would escape the notice of most people Has difficulty maintaining attention on a ...

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Real-life Stories of 1-on-1 Brain Training

Whether your child has been diagnosed with ADHD or your teen is still struggling to pass classes in high school, you’ve probably researched (or even tried!) several ways to help them. Might we suggest a tool that targets and trains the root cause of learning struggles? LearningRx 1-on-1 brain training. LearningRx has a helpful tool ...

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