Brain Training Articles & News

You’re never too old to learn something new. Whether you’re 8 or 88, it’s not too late to improve your cognitive skills. As our bodies age, so do our brains, and we can begin to experience a decline in our cognitive skills. This can present as difficulty with long- or short-term memory, problem solving, decision ...

Sometimes, families have such a good experience with LearningRx personal brain training that they enroll a sibling in the program. In the case of the Swansons in Minnesota, the results were so beneficial for the children that the mother, Deb, decided to go through training herself! Eventually, Deb, Nick, and Morgan found freedom through LearningRx personal ...

You might not realize it but you tap into your executive functioning skills every day. Executive functioning skills are at work when you create a plan of attack for your workday and when you roll with unexpected events that come up. They’re exercised when you figure out how you’re going to get your kids to ...

In 2022, Brain Awareness Week will take place March 14-20. The global campaign is designed to foster public enthusiasm and support for brain science.  Each year, partners host imaginative activities in their communities that share the wonders of the brain and the impact brain science has on our everyday lives. Participating institutions and organizations include ...

Many victims of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) experience changes in cognitive performance, leaving victims and their families struggling with what to do next. While LearningRx doesn’t diagnose or treat TBI, our programs have aided the cognitive performance of clients with many diagnoses, including traumatic brain injury recovery. What is a Traumatic Brain Injury? TBIs happen in ...

Although LearningRx doesn’t diagnose or treat traumatic brain injury, its programs are designed to aid the cognitive performance of each client. LearningRx has worked with children, teens, seniors, soldiers, and other adults who have experienced a range of brain injuries—from concussions to very traumatic brain injuries.  Learn how brain training helps survivors of traumatic brain injury ...

We understand why there’s some hesitancy to try personal brain training if other interventions for learning, reading, or memory struggles haven’t worked. After all, the definition of insanity is "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." Factor in the amount of time and money required to try tutoring, brain games, or ...

Did you know that cognitive skills cause most learning struggles? These are the brain skills you use to think, read, learn, remember, reason, and pay attention, and they work together to take incoming information and move it to the bank of knowledge. Need an example? Think about a team meeting at work. When your boss ...

If you’re the parent of a struggling student, you may have tried several methods to help your child or teen turn things around. For some, accommodations at school—such as giving students with learning challenges more time to take tests or private rooms to stay focused—have helped, but they may have left the student feeling isolated ...

While ADHD is commonly diagnosed during childhood, there is a large population of adults who are not aware of the symptoms that present as you get older. As kids the hallmark symptoms may be hyperactivity, impulsivity, and trouble focusing, but in adults, it can look different. For example, many adults have been misdiagnosed with anxiety ...