Brain Training Articles & News

As parents, we want our children to grow in confidence and experience success. Whether it’s clapping for them as they say their first words, praising them as we let go of the back of their bike or cheering for them on the sidelines of the high school soccer game, we are our children’s biggest fans. ...

February is International Boost Your Self-Esteem Month and according to the Mayo Clinic, self-esteem begins to form in early childhood. Some of the main factors that influence self-esteem include: – thoughts and perceptions – how others react to you – experience at home, school, work and in the community – illness/disability/injury – age, role and ...

January 31 is National Backwards Day and LearningRx would like to clear up the myth about dyslexia and reading letters backwards. For years, many of us believed the dyslexia was about reading letters backwards. The reality of the reading struggle has nothing to do with seeing reversed letters. The truth is that 85% of learning-to-read ...

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Is your child a strong student who is driven by excellence? That’s fantastic! Does this mean that your child can’t benefit from brain training at LearningRx? Absolutely not. Brain training capitalizes on high-performing habits and boosts your child’s performance to an even greater degree. And the benefits of brain training extend beyond the classroom and ...

Brain training and tutoring are often confused, and understandably so. Both help facilitate learning—just from different angles. Learning requires both strong educational content and the cognitive ability to learn and apply this content. When someone is dealing with learning challenges, it’s necessary to assess the root cause so you know what kind of help to ...

January 18-22, 2021 is National No Name-Calling Week and LearningRx is sharing some tips on why bullies target struggling students—and what you may be able to do about it to help your child. How often are kids with learning struggles targets of bullying? According to Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center, children with disabilities were two ...

The fall semester of 2020 was challenging for most families, but few were harder hit than those with working parents. With students sometimes left to “fend for themselves” as parents were forced to focus their time and energy on their job, many students struggled to keep up with online school or hybrid learning. As a ...

January 2 is National Personal Trainer Awareness Day and LearningRx is sharing three reasons to work with a personal brain trainer. Just as a personal trainer can help you achieve your fitness goals, a personal brain trainer can help you achieve your cognitive goals. For some, that means addressing attention struggles or being able to read ...

A paper published in "Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews" investigated ways to overcome brain changes linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers discovered neurocognitive, attention, and memory problems akin to dementia in some people who became sick with this particular strain of coronavirus.  But as a discussion of the research points out, research also reveals that brain training ...