Brain Training Articles & News

November is National Adoption Month and while the general purpose of the celebration is to raise awareness about the need for adoptive families for children and youth in foster care, it’s also an apropos time to express ways to support adopted children with learning disabilities. A research brief published on the “Institute for Family Studies” found ...

Concentration, focus, attention—centering your interest on the task at hand can sometimes feel difficult, even for the best of us. While it might be tempting to reach for an energy drink, caffeinated soda, or that fourth cup of coffee, consider loading up on brain foods that help with concentration and other cognitive skills. Here are ...

Third-grader Lily is a twin who was born10 weeks premature. Doctors told her parents there might be learning complications as she got older, and there were. By first grade, Kily was falling behind her peers. In second grade, Lily had homework struggles and hated reading, so her mom enrolled her in a summer program at ...

October 20 is National Youth Confidence Day and LearningRx, the largest personal brain training company in the world, has some tips to help you boost your child or teen’s confidence if they’re struggling in school. 1. Focus on effort and other types of success. Not every success looks like an A on a test or ...

Students with a learning struggle are often given labels that affect their confidence and can leave parents feeling guilty or ashamed that they haven’t done enough to address the problem. Words and phrases like “dyslexic” and “ADHD” can pigeonhole kids and teens (and adults!) into categories that make them feel broken or less than. But ...

In the late 1980s, Dr. Neil Fleming identified the VARK model of learning styles. Although other educators and research have identified as many as 70 learning styles, the four that VARK focused on were as follows: Visual: You learn well when aided by images, pictures, and spatial organization of elements Auditory: You learn well when aided by ...

Would you like to get a snapshot of your cognitive skills (or those of someone you love)?LearningRx’s FREE brain quiz will show you the strengths (and weaknesses) of your cognitive skills as compared to your peers. Weaknesses in auditory processing, memory, and attention skills can often go unnoticed for years, as we develop coping mechanisms ...

October 13 is Train Your Brain Day and LearningRx (www.LearningRx.com), the largest personal brain training company in the world, is sharing answers to some of the most frequently asked questions on the topic. • What is personal brain training? Unlike tutoring, which redelivers academic material (e.g., historical facts or math formulas), personal brain training targets ...

Yesterday, October 4, was National Child Health Day and LearningRx is sharing 5 healthy habits to pass on to your kids. As a general rule, parenting is often most effective when parents model physically healthy habits for their kids rather than a "Do as I say, not as I do" approach. Here are some examples of ...

Everything we do in terms of thinking, reading, learning, remembering, reasoning and paying attention requires us to tap into our cognitive skills. According to French psychologist, Jean Piaget, children develop these important skills right from birth and throughout their teenage years in what he calls the “4 Stages of Cognitive Development.” However, for a variety ...