LearningRx Makes School and Life Easier
What’s not to like about easier homework, better grades, a new love for reading plus results within weeks? Check out one mom’s reflection on how LearningRx made school—and life—easier for her...
View ArticleNational Youth Sports Week
An estimated 45 million kids in the U.S. participate in youth sports every year, and they’re starting younger than ever. Gymnastics classes are available for kids still in diapers and the SoccerTots®...
View ArticleTraumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury. Crushed pelvis. Seventy (70!) days in a coma. John Keller may have survived the horrific motorcycle accident that derailed his life, but his fight for life had just begun....
View ArticleADHD and Attention Struggles
Overactive, hyperactive, impulsive, rambunctious, wild – any of those describe your child? Whether he’s been diagnosed with ADHD or not, chances are you’ve probably already tried many, many ways to...
View ArticleADHD Awareness Month
September is National ADHD Awareness Month, and in their ongoing quest for answers, researchers continue to discover new things about the common diagnosis, estimated to affect up to 16% of school aged...
View ArticleHealth, Money and Happiness
What’s not to like about health, money and happiness? According to a couple of researchers from Pennsylvania State University and Harvard University, health is the number one predictor of happiness,...
View ArticleADHD and Procrastination
The problem has been defined as “voluntarily delaying an intended course of action despite expecting to be worse off for the delay.” Sound familiar? Why do we procrastinate? According to one team of...
View ArticleThe Effects of Sugar On Your Brain
Halloween may be over, but there’s a good chance you’ve got plenty of Halloween candy lying around your house. Maybe you’ve got a bowl of unclaimed miniature Snickers from trick-or-treat no-shows. Or...
View ArticleReading Struggles Overcome Through Brain Training
Every weeknight, Jenn and Eric Williams helped their daughter Amanda study her spelling words. Every Friday the third grader came home with the same bad news: She flunked the spelling test. Amanda’s...
View ArticleThe Brain Benefits of Holiday Foods
This holiday season, there’s a good chance you’re going to eat your fill of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and pecan pie. And you’ll probably polish it all off with a good cup of coffee. And if...
View ArticleNew Study Proves that Your Job can Change Your Brain–Just Ask These Cabbies!
How can you grow your brain? You can always follow the example of London taxi cab drivers and memorize a labyrinth of 25,000 city streets as well as thousands of tourist attractions and hot spots....
View ArticleThe Benefits of Holiday Laughter
Whether you’re riding in a one-horse sleigh, sledding, caroling, baking cookies or chillin’ with family and friends, the holidays brim with opportunities for lots of laughter. What’s all that...
View ArticleWhat Do Blinking Patterns Tell Us?
We don’t think much about blinking. For the most part, it’s an involuntary process that keeps our eyes hydrated. But when we blink, we lose information, even if it’s just for a fraction of a second....
View ArticleBrain Training Helps David Land His Dream Job
Like a lot of kids, David played sports in school. But concussions sustained on the wrestling mat and gridiron hurt his ability to perform well in school and even in his career. After graduating from...
View ArticleHeartache and the Brain
We call breakups “painful” for good reason: When you experience an unwanted breakup, thinking of your ex-love-interest activates the same parts of your brain that process physical pain. Researchers...
View ArticleTen-Year-Old Gymnast Wins National President’s Day Contest
Ten-year-old Taylor Peterson didn’t want to compete in gymnastics this year. She started gymnastics when she was three, and loved it, but after seven years it was time to start competing, and she just...
View ArticleOnce a Struggling Student, Now a Lover of Books!
“Logan, you’re a smart kid. C’mon. Make some sort of effort!” Laura pleaded with her 13-year-old son as he sulked over the books strewn across the kitchen table. Every night Laura and her husband, Ted,...
View ArticleOvercoming the Impact of Concussions Caused by School Sports
Sometimes David got to the locker room and couldn’t remember the football game he’d just played. In junior high, David had been a straight A student. But after a concussion, he began struggling in...
View ArticleBrain Training Helps 81-Year-Old in Early Stages of Alzheimer’s
When my doctor told me I was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, I was devastated. Not wanting to become a burden to my children, I sold my house, moved to an assisted living center, and waited for...
View ArticleMother Enrolls Three of Her Children in LearningRx Brain Training
“What if I hate it?” Ten-year-old Luke waved the question like a bright red flag. His mom, Julie, had just told him he’d be starting brain training at LearningRx and he was dubious about the idea,...
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