Brain Training Articles & News

Worried about transitioning back to school after a year of online learning, isolation, and canceled extracurricular activities? LearningRx has some tips to help your student develop social skills to help them thrive this academic year: Look for opportunities to tour the school and attend grade-specific orientations before the start of the school year. Helping them ...

Ready to help your child make this the best school year yet? We’ve got some tips to make the transition to the classroom easier and keep your student focused! 1. Ditch unnecessary technology during homework. Keep the focus on the task at hand by limited phones, tablets and computers, when possible. 2. Decide on a ...

For many teens heading back to school this fall, there will be a mix of relief, excitement and anxiety. Some students haven’t attended in-person classes since March 2020. Others have straddled a hybrid of in-person and online learning. Then there are homeschool students who are attending a public, private or charter school for the first ...

Whether your child is learning to play piano or studying for an exam, there’s new research saying there’s a better way to practice to supercharge the  skill. A team of scientists published the results of their study on improving learning in the journal "Cell Reports." They found that, compared to the same total amount of practice ...

Regular physical activity isn’t just good for a preteen’s body. It’s also good for their brain! A new study from Boston Children’s Hospital has found that any kind of physical activity—not just intense, structured exercise routines—help organize children’s developing brains. Why the preteen years specifically? According to the lead researcher, Dr. Caterina Stamoulis, “The preteen ...

            In case you don’t remember (or were the rare exception), being a teenager is HARD. There are hormones messing with your emotions, the worry about being popular, the stress of getting good grades, lack of sleep, acne, the pressures of going to college, peer pressure and significant changes to your brain. One or two ...

For many parents, it’s one of the great mysteries of childrearing: Your very smart kid’s intelligence isn’t reflected in his report card. It’s confusing, isn’t it? How can such a brilliant brain bring home B’s? (Or C’s, or D’s, or worse.) We think you’ve scratched your head (and pulled out your hair!) enough. Here’s a ...

March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and LearningRx has some tips to help parents protect their young athletes from concussions or minimize their effects. • Check the condition of your child’s protective gear (helmet shells and cages for football, lacrosse, and hockey) and make sure it fits properly. • Take your athlete to a local ...

Our understanding of the brain increases with each passing year, thanks to advances in technology and medicine. We have new methods to study it, improve it and even fix it, but sometimes the big stories get hidden under other news. Here are some of the biggest brain breakthroughs of 2019 that we think are worthy ...

If you’re the parent of a young athlete, you’ve probably thought about the possibility of a concussion at some point. But as a parent, there’s nothing you can do to prepare for or prevent concussions. Or is there? Check out our list of things you can do to help reduce the damaging effects of a ...