What is Brain Training or Brain Fitness and is it Helpful?

I am a learning specialist and educational therapist. However, I tell many of my clientele that I’m a personal trainer for the brain. I help individuals of all ages to improve overall cognition, develop compensatory learning strategies, and master optimal study skills. I have seen, first hand, the power of brain training.

What is Brain Training?

The Brain is Not Limited and Defined:

The brain is not inflexible and fixed. Instead, it continues to grow, if exercised, throughout our lifetime. Repeated brain training creates new neuro-pathways, clears the hurdles that trip the thought processes, and helps the mind run smoothly and efficiently. In addition, early intervention can sometimes cure or remediate learning disabilities, assist the head-injured in regaining skills, and can even prevent diseases of the elderly, such as Alzheimer’s and dementia. The bottom line is that it is never too late.

How Should Brain Training Activities be Administered?

When instruction focuses on the area of difficulty, it’s important for the activities to be engaging and fun. They need to start at a simplistic level that offers some challenge for the individual, and difficulty is increased as the participants experience success, thus keeping them in their zone of proximal development.

Where Can I Get Brain Training Materials?

I have been creating cognitive remedial tools for the past fifteen years. To learn more about my products, go to Good Sensory Learning. 

Cheers, Dr. Erica Warren