LearningRx Launches
New Program:
ComprehendRx
We read for meaning. But for some
kids (and even adults), reading
comprehension is a struggle. In
fact, research by the National
Assessment of Educational
Progress shows that one out of four eighth grade students, when
asked to read age-appropriate material, can’t understand what
they just read. In other studies, 37 percent of 4th graders (and 22
percent of adults!) tested as functionally illiterate!
After several years in development, LearningRx is releasing a
groundbreaking reading comprehension program called
ComprehendRx. ComprehendRx incorporates the research and
personal brain training techniques that have made LearningRx the
largest one-on-one brain training company in the world.
ComprehendRx begins where typical reading programs (which
focus on decoding) leave off, targeting seven core skills critical for
reading comprehension. Students not only read faster, they have
stronger tools to grasp, analyze and retain content. The result?
Dramatically improved understanding, retention and application.
For readers who lack reading speed, who read well but can’t
remember what they’ve read, or who have to read something
more than once to grasp the meaning, ComprehendRx offers a
proven, life changing solution. Click on the link to read more about
how ComprehendRx improves reading comprehension.
DO WE REALLY ONLY USE 10%
OF OUR BRAINS???
This is a doozy, folks. Two-thirds of
Americans believe we only use 10%
of our brains. Is this true? How
much of our brains do we actually
use? Check out this video to find
out!
Reading Builds New
Brain Connections
Have you ever read a book SO
GOOD that it changed your life?
Reading not only can change your
life, a new study shows it can literally change your brain.
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Which one of these statements
was proven to be true on the
popular show “MythBusters?”
A. A pit of quicksand would suck you
completely underground
B. You can stick your hand into
molten lead without injury
C. Dropping a penny off the side of
the Empire State Building could kill
Dr. Gregory S. Berns and his team of researchers scanned the
brains of 21 college students. They then gave the students nightly
reading assignments from the action-packed novel Pompeii by
Robert Harris. Students read the novel every night for nine nights,
with researchers scanning their brains the following day. Every
day, the scans revealed new connections created from the reading
assignment the night before. What’s more, after students finished
reading the book, researchers scanned their brains for five
additional days—and the new connections were still there.
Within the brain, both the anterior region, which controls
movement, and the posterior region, which receives sensory input,
were physically changed by the story, showing that, perhaps,
when we read a captivating story, we actually put ourselves in the
body of the protagonist! We don’t yet know how long these
changes persist beyond the length of this 14-day study, but it does
show us the profound impact of a so-good-you-can’t-put-it-down
book. [Source]
someone
D. Using your cell phone while
pumping gas could trigger an
explosion
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What Makes Humans, Well…
Human? Researchers Chime In
A new study from Oxford University has
found a region in the human brain that isn’t
found in the brains of other mammals.
Professor Matthew Rushworth and his team
studied the ventrolateral frontal cortex,
which is responsible for the highest levels of
cognition and language (and is also linked to ADHD and
compulsive behavior), of 25 adult volunteers and 25 macaque
monkeys. In addition to 11 brain regions that both groups have in
common, the study identified a 12th region that is entirely unique
to humans.
This “humans only” area of the brain, called the lateral frontal pole
prefrontal cortex, is responsible for strategic planning and decision
making, as well as “multitasking” (or divided attention). This area
also shows a great deal more connection to the auditory areas of
the brain, suggesting that it’s linked to the human ability to
understand and generate speech. So, if you like being a human,
thank your lateral frontal pole prefrontal cortex (and try saying that
three times fast, ‘cause you can!). [Source]
Spotlight: Brain Myths Debunked
Brain myths, beware! The BrainBuzz is coming
for you.
This month, we set the record straight
on three of the most prevalent (and
stubborn)
myths about the brain.
Myth #1: People Are LeftBrained or Right-Brained
Are you artsy fartsy? If so, chances
are that, at some point in your life,
you’ve been called right-brained.
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This Is Your Brain on Junk
Food
If we’re keeping it real, we can all
admit that we KNOW junk food is
bad for our bodies and our brains.
But what you might not know is
WHY junk food is so bad. Check out
this blog post to find out exactly how
a high-fat, high-sugar diet affects
your bodies.
And if you tend to be more towards
the nerdy, er… analytical side, then you’ve probably been
described as left-brained. Maybe you even describe yourself this
way. But recent research of over 1,000 brains has discovered that
no one is more left- or right-brained; that, contrary to popular
belief, we all use all the parts of our brain all the time.
The reality is that when the brain works, neurons all over the place
are firing, and multiple brain regions across both hemispheres are
connecting whether we are writing a poem, reading a
spreadsheet, singing a song, or solving an algebraic equation.
What IS real is something called lateralization: This is the
preference to use certain brain regions for certain functions. For
example, speech often originates in the left hemisphere for righthanded people. This does NOT, however, mean that the left side of
a rightie’s brain is richer in neurons. Myth: BUSTED. [Source]
Myth #2: Humans Are Great
Multitaskers
This one’s gonna blow your mind: It is
literally impossible to multitask. We tend to
believe that we are awesome multitaskers
because we check our email, eat our lunch,
and catch up with Facebook all at the same
time.
But the reality is that no matter what tasks we try to tackle at the
same time, our brain is not multitasking. Instead, it’s doing what’s
called spotlighting – frantically trying to switch between the
multiple activities that grab our focus every few seconds.
In fact, Stanford researcher Clifford Nass conducted a study on
multitasking in which he anticipated discovering that multitaskers
were awesome at 1) filtering information, 2) switching quickly
between tasks, and 3) maintaining a highly developed level of
working memory. Instead, he found that multitaskers were worse
than singletaskers at ALL three activities! When we multitask,
productivity goes down and we are much worse at filtering out
irrelevant information. So whatever you’re doing right now, give it
your full attention! Myth: BUSTED. [Source]
Myth #3: It’s All Downhill
After 40 (or 50, or 60...)
Think you’re over the hill? That
you’re an old dog who can’t learn
(or remember) new tricks? Not so,
my friend. In a recent study of nearly 3,000 senior adults, brain
training activities not only got great results, those results were long
lasting – many persisting for 10 years!
The study used brain training activities designed to improve
memory, reasoning skills, and processing speed in 10 to 12
sessions lasting 60 to 75 minutes each. Five years after the study,
adults (average age 74) who underwent brain training showed
better memory, reasoning and processing skills than those who
did not do brain training. And in reasoning and processing speed,
the benefits of the training lasted a full 10 years! The individuals
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who underwent training also expressed an easier time managing
money, remembering their medications and cooking meals than
their untrained peers.
So take heart: At any age, the brain can change, you can build new
neural connections, and these changes will last! Myth: BUSTED.
[Source]
Ready, Click, Play
Want something to work all the
parts of your beautiful brain? This
strategy game requires logic and
reasoning, and you have to control
two little dudes separately – one
with each hand – so it helps with
divided attention, too! Play Fireboy
and Watergirl.
A Smarter Menu
Before the winter weather goes
away for good, do your family a
favor and make this delicious
minestrone soup that not only
tastes good, but does good, too.
Filled with a rainbow of veggies
including carrots, tomatoes, and
superfoods kale and swiss chard,
this soup will warm your belly and keep you healthy! Make Sunday
Minestrone.
Smart Mom's Toy Box
With brains on the brain, we thought
it would be fun to provide you with
a few games featuring our favorite
organ (you guessed it): The Brain!
Fill your toy box.
Walied, 7 Years Old
The first time I went to LearningRx, I
wasn’t sure it was the right place for
my son, Walied. But after I talked
with the director of training, Kim,
and she explained to me how the
program works, I felt it was too good
to be true. So we gave it a try and within three weeks I started
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seeing some improvements in Walied’s reading and in math.
Read Walied's Story
Aaron, 16 Years Old
Before this program, Aaron couldn’t
even follow the plot in a movie. He
once mentioned he wished he could
understand the “Back to the Future”
trilogy because it looked like so
much fun. If he was copying a
sentence, he would have to look back to almost every word.
Homework took from 4:00 to 11:00 every day and all weekend. By
10th grade, he had burned out. Conversations with him were very
difficult; most of the time was spent trying to explain what we were
talking about. But, he would still just walk away in frustration.
Read Aaron's Story
Jana, 55 Years Old
I would definitely recommend
LearningRx for any range of issues
because the process is so open in
so many ways to bringing new
things in, to challenging new ways
of thinking, even of thinking of
myself in new ways. It’s shifted my thoughts of “not being able to”
by showing me that I am able to. Not just overall major school
stuff, but like trusting myself on time judgments, getting
somewhere, trusting street signs and knowing that I’m going in the
right direction.
Read Jana's Story
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