Brain Training Articles & News

Brody Hawkins strengthened his brain skills at LearningRx Atlanta-Buckhead For Immediate Release – (Atlanta, GA.)—LearningRx (www.LearningRx.com), the largest personal brain training company in the world, has announced 8-year-old Brody Hawkins of Dunwoody as the second runner-up of its national brain training contest. Each year, LearningRx hosts a competition among its graduates across the United States ...

Katie Gohlke strengthened her brain skills at LearningRx Eden Prairie For Immediate Release– (Eden Prairie, MN.)—LearningRx (www.LearningRx.com), the largest personal brain training company in the world, has announced 11-year-old Katie Gohlke of Waconia as the runner-up of its national brain training contest. Each year, LearningRx hosts a competition among its graduates across the United States ...

Also known as “brain skills,” cognitive skills are the underlying tools that enable kids to focus successfully, think, prioritize, plan, understand, visualize, remember, and solve problems. Those skills include auditory processing, visual processing, short and long-term memory, comprehension, logic, reasoning, and attention skills. If one of these skills isn’t as strong as the others, it ...

Vivian Lenzen strengthened her brain skills at LearningRx Savage For Immediate Release– (Savage MN.)—LearningRx (www.LearningRx.com), the largest personal brain training company in the world, has announced the winner of its national brain training contest: 11-year-old Vivian Lenzen of Burnsville! Each year, LearningRx hosts a competition among its graduates across the United States to decide who ...

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 ...

July 13 is “Embrace Your Geekness” Day and LearningRx is all about removing the negative stigma from the term “geek” AND reminding parents that there’s no such thing as being destined to have math struggles. While genetics can certainly play a role in learning challenges, such as dyscalculia (a fancy word for “trouble with numbers”), ...

If you’ve been considering personal brain training for you or someone you love but don’t live near a LearningRx Center, we’ve got some good news: LearningRx now offers live, 1-on-1 online brain training and tutoring! Just like our in-person program, our online programs start with a one-hour Brain Skills Assessment to determine which cognitive skills ...

If you’ve been contemplating enrolling your student in LearningRx 1-on-1 brain training, we thought it might be helpful to fully explain what the process is like. Here are the 5 basic steps: 1. Schedule a Brain Skills Assessment. Simply find a LearningRx center near you and set up a time for your student to take ...

If you’ve been told your student has a learning disorder (a.k.a. learning disability), it can bring up a wealth of emotions ranging from fear and guilt to embarrassment and worry. But there are some important facts that can help put things into perspective: 1. Learning disorders aren’t linked to intelligence. Even smart kids can have a ...

You already know your student is intelligent. But maybe this past year’s performance doesn’t seem to measure up to what you know to be their potential. You’re not alone! The good news is, no matter how your student fared this last year, there’s a set of skills they can strengthen this summer to make learning ...