Brain Training Articles & News

English instructor Lindsay Mills got involved with LearningRx after working with 6-year-old and 7-year-old siblings who were struggling in school after moving to the U.S. from Korea.

Here’s one way to look at learning: At some point your parents shifted from solving your problems for you to teaching you how to solve them yourself. Maybe they taught you how to do your own laundry, fix your bike chain, make a snack, or budget your allowance. They shared their knowledge, but in order ...

At LearningRx, we specialize in targeting and training clients’ brain skills to make learning faster and easier in ANY subject. But we also offer specific programs to build fundamental reading and math skills.

Is your high schooler ready for college? Learn more about strengthening their cognitive skills now to prepare them.

Concussions happen daily, whether in sports, car accidents, day-to-day injuries, or other more serious situations. While the concussion recovery journey is different for everyone, there are some things you can do to help restore focus and memory! What are the Lasting Effects of Concussions? Often after a concussion, you hear that you will continue to ...

If your child is performing below grade level in school, the natural first response is likely to hire a tutor. While this is the right course of action in some scenarios, the reality is that tutoring is not going to solve your child’s learning struggles.  What tutoring does is re-delivering information. But what if your ...

 One of the most frequently asked questions we get when parents contact LearningRx is, “What’s the difference between brain training and tutoring?” The question comes from both parents who are considering tutoring and those who have tried it with little or no results. We understand! Certainly, no one wants to invest more time and money ...

The term brain training now covers a wide array of systems, apps, games, and programs. So what is brain training? At LearningRx we define brain training as a targetted approach that strengthens the brain’s core thinking skills. These include skills like memory, attention span, and how quickly you think. Brain training can also build fundamental ...

If you’ve spent money on brain games, brain training apps, or tutoring, you’re probably curious about how personal brain training is different.  Here are a few examples of how we know brain-boosting options work and why you should try brain training first. Brain Games and Brain Training Apps  While brain games and brain training apps are ...

As parents, we’d do anything for our children. Braces. Summer camps. Travel sports. Music lessons. These things fill our schedules, and some would even call them rites of passage. But when it comes to investing in your child, what if you could sign them up for a program that would make learning easier, reading more ...