Brain Training Articles & News

Here’s some unsettling information: Just because your teen can remembermath formulas or the timeline of World War II doesn’t mean they’reready for college. In fact, brain experts will tell you that there areactually two parts to smart – knowledge and IQ – and you needboth of them to get into the top colleges and universities. ...

Like most parents, you may worry what bad habits your teen will pick up when they’re in college. Sleeping in through classes, forgetting to brush their teeth at least twice a day, eating junk food, choosing parties over studying are just a few of the anxiety-inducing bad habits that parents imagine. But there are ways ...

Does the thought of sending your child off to middle school make you anxious?If so, you’re certainly not alone. Many adults have middle schoolmemories of social awkwardness, hormonal upheaval, and the added pressureof more responsibilities with a growing need for more independence. Now think of your child experiencing these same anxieties! Whether yourchild is transitioning ...

Understanding a teenager’s brain is as complicated as the cosmos.Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, you’re faceto face with unchartered territory. But with the help of advancing technology, like the noninvasive fMRI, welearn more about this enigma every day. In fact, there’s so muchnew information being discovered that we thought we’d create ...

If you’re looking for ways to keep your kids busy over the summer without breaking the bank or sitting them in front of the TV all day, LearningRx can help! We’ve put together a list of award-winning toys that can help build your child’s cognitive skills—like memory, auditory and visual processing, attention, logic & reasoning, ...

Third grade teacher Alyssa Call got a bit of a shock when she returned to her classroom in the fall and saw the test scores of her students. She had taught several of the children the year before, as a second grade teacher, and she knew their scores had fallen considerably after taking nearly three ...

It’s easy to keep kids busy in the summer when the sun is shining and a swimming pool (or beach) awaits. But the rainy days can be a bit more of a challenge, especially when you’re trying to avoid raising couch potatoes. Here are 10 ideas to help you keep your child’s brain engaged without ...

Although most people have a general idea of what concussions are, there are still some myths surrounding the injury. MYTH #1: The two most dangerous high school sports in terms of concussion rates are football and hockey. Although high school football accounts for around 250,000 concussions each year[1], the second most dangerous sport isn’t hockey; ...

We’ve seen examples of “old-fashioned” bullying since the TV made its appearance in the American household; the mean boy shoving the weaker child on the playground, or the rich girl making fun of the orphan dressed in rags. But modern bullying often takes the form of less obvious taunting, exclusion, or uses multimedia to spread ...

The term “learning disability” can strike a chord of panic in parents. “But my child is smart! How can she have a learning disability?” is a common reaction. And the reality is, they’re right! The majority of kids and teens (and adults!) with learning disabilities are intelligent—even geniuses! Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, ...