Brain Training Articles & News

We hear sounds (like birds chirping) and voices (like a teacher giving a homework assignment), but do we really listen? Carole Elkeles is a retired educator who believes that if kids know how to listen, both school and life will be easier to handle. She says, "Listening skills are learned…and listening is basic for communicating, ...

Four years after a devastating motorcycle accident left him with the brain function of a child, TBI survivor John Keller visits with Shelly Miles, host of the TV show San Antonio Living, about his incredible recovery. Joining John and Shelly on the set are Gina Cruz of LearningRx, and John’s dad, James Keller. Two years ...

Sometimes David got to the locker room and couldn’t remember the football game he’d just played. In junior high, David had been a straight A student. But after a concussion, he began struggling in school, and additional concussions while playing football in high school only made things worse. Years later, married and with a baby ...

Workaholics work longer hours. That means their brains are active more hours of the day, right? That must mean they have sharper mental skills, right? Wrong. In fact, the opposite appears to be true. Research has linked longer work hours with weaker mental skills. In fact, one study of 2,214 middle-aged civil servants concluded that ...

Brain Awareness Week (BAW) this March 14 – 20 is the worldwide campaign to increase awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research. One of the many global events scheduled during this 16th annual BAW is the National Brain Bee at the University of Maryland, Baltimore on March 18 and 19. The Bee is ...

And you thought patting your head and rubbing your stomach was hard! If you REALLY want to test your powers of concentration and memory, youshould try reciting the names of all 44 American presidents while executinga complicated cup-stacking pattern while surrounded by a distracting chorusof stomping, clapping classmates. Now do it in 17 seconds. A ...

Your memory is powered by core brain skills, also known as cognitive skills. But your brain isn’t exactly the Lone Ranger. It can’t function by itself (or even with a single trusted friend named Tonto). Instead, your brain depends on myriad systems in your body (and the health of those systems) in order to do ...

With Thanksgiving and Christmas behind us, you probably had the chance to hang out with friends and family, creating warm, festive memories. Now all you have to do is remember them. As we age, memory can weaken. The good news is that memory skills are not “fixed.” You can improve and strengthen your ability to ...

Think LearningRx is just for kids? Virginia Romero, from Shreveport, LA is 82 years old. She had a stroke and lost some of her abilities. She couldn’t remember where she lived or how old she was – so she called LearningRx in Shreveport to see if they could help. The following video is proof. She ...

Anytime a great new idea comes on the scene, it is inevitably followedby a herd of experts all claiming that they have the best resource foryou. But how can you tell which one is telling the truth? Brain training is no exception to this principle. It’s new, it’sexciting and it is yielding amazing results in ...