What is Brain Training
Brain & Beyond focuses exclusively on training underlying cognitive skills that impact the ease of learning. We provide non-academic training procedures that quickly strengthen the brain’s core mental abilities (i.e. processing speed, attention, memory, auditory and visual processing, logic and reasoning). These key skills are every student’s foundation for successful learning, and if overlooked, can create lifelong problems.
History Behind Brain Training
Due to improved research techniques and cutting-edge technology like functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI brain scans) it’s now possible to literally see and understand what’s going on in our brains. We can see the impact of skills being used as it is happening!
As we get more familiar with the underlying science of how the brain works and how it can change, we understand that with the right training it’s possible to get remarkable improvements in cognitive skills. It’s also easy to see how the improvements impact on learning and reading abilities.
Since the 1980s, astounding developments in brain research have better revealed not only how the brain works but also how it can be changed and developed. The structure of the brain is not permanently fixed at birth. New evidence confirms that the brain’s mental skills are constantly changing. The brain operates through a complicated arrangement of nerve cells or neurons. Groupings of neurons accomplish specific tasks. Research shows that neighbouring neurons are regularly called on when a person must learn a new task. When the task is mastered, the borrowed neurons go back to other duties.
Neuroplasticity is a relatively new word that defines nerve cells’ ability to change and modify their activities in reaction to changes in their environment. Repetition or practice of a task strengthens the neuronal connections and increases the certainty of a more accurate recall of task activities when needed.
What do these facts mean? Science has opened up new possibilities for learning improvement. Perhaps the most important encouragement science has provided is that we need not settle for what appears as a limitation or a lifetime disability. The human brain is capable of amazing change and modification. An individual’s cognitive skills can be tested for relative strengths and weaknesses; the brain is capable of expanding to accommodate greater cognitive capacity. By training the brain to work faster and more efficiently, learning success can be dramatically improved.
How Do I Know It Will Work
Today's innovative Brain & Beyond training system is the outgrowth of 30 years of research and clinical trials. During that time, thousands of students have recorded dramatic skill gains and improved performance in learning, reading and math. By approaching learning problems through improving student's cognitive skills, we average twice the results in less than half the time of tutoring or academic reading programs. We are literally #1 in results.
Our intensive brain training increases mental abilities, improves academic achievement and can even help remove barriers created by ADHD and dyslexia. Results are so consistent that we can actually guarantee gains.