Wednesday 20 June 2018

Brain Training Program

Do Brain Training Programs work? is a question we get asked at our
Psychology seminars and conferences. The first thing we always point out
that real, scientific based, research supported brain training programs
are more than just simplistic memory games. In fact, the RaiseYourIQ
brain training program is based on books we have written and
represents over 50 years combined research into improving peoples mental
abilities.



Our brain training program has an adaptive, varied and challenge
based logic, which begins with simple tests and games, gradually
expanding the complexity to help the user reach the limit of their
capabilities before challenging them to move to new levels of cognitive
behavior.



Remember, the goal of brain training programs is to make your SMARTER.



As a consumer, parent or as someone interested in brain training, it
can be difficult to determine which brain training programs are really
effective. At RaiseYourIQ, we always stress that the importance of
reading the the scientific evidence behind the various brain training
games providers plus the purpose for which the games have been designed
for (for example, to help with ADHD, learning difficulties, cognitive
challenges or promoting healthy brain functioning ), and to understand
the people, the research and the principles behind the design of the
exercises.



What do Brain Training Programs Do?. Well, brain training usually
refers to the cognitive training a person undertakes where they perform a
series of mental exercises to improve the brain’s cognitive skills.
Improvement in cognitive skills in a learning and educational sense are
important as these are the skills our brain uses to read, reason, learn,
comprehend, remember, recall and for attention span. Cognitive skills
are also determine a persons IQ.



At RaiseYourIQ, our university supported clinical research into
cognitive development shows that cognitive skills gaps are not
strengthened by time or conventional learning. Our published research
shows that children who struggle with math, reading, learning, reasoning
or memory recall will usually grow into adults with these same
struggles.



Our brain training program has been designed on our research that
kids and adults can recall details and information better when they
encode it in several different ways and then make meaningful connections
to the subject. “Relational Skills” through imagery, puzzles and the
creation of connections to the details to be remembered, enhances
cognitive skills and memory recall. We have proven that testing oneself
as opposed to just consuming information supports longer-term learning
and memory. And just like a gym for the body, spreading out the mental
exercises instead of cramming them in a large block of time improves the
memory for already studied information.



Relational skills are the skills that help you to understand the
relationships that can exist between any two things. For example, they
can be the same as each other, or opposite, one may be more than the
other, or less, and so on.



Also effective brain training programs should focus on improving
"Working memory", this involves the brains ability to focus in on tasks,
retain information and the ability to conduct mental processing on such
information. Working memory has been proven to be a fundamental brain
function that underpins most of our conscious mental functioning. It is
also called upon to execute certain functions when learning, such as the
ability to understand the content while reading or when solving math
problems. Working memory is used when in everyday life such as following
instructions, reading maps or having a conversation.



Finally, to answer the question, are all Brain Training Programs the same and do they work?, our reply at RaiseYourIQ is No.



Dr. Bryan Roche and Dr. Sarah Cassidy have been involved for over 20
years as scientists in the development of the SMART brain training
learning and educational method within the behavioral research community
in which the idea of “relational skills” first evolved. The RaiseYourIQ
approach to brain health is based on Relational Frame Theory – a modern
theory of cognition that our team has helped to develop over the past
two decades.



RaiseYourIQ is the only brain training program offering online
relational skills training based on the tried and tested methods of
applied behavior analysis (ABA). These technologies have developed over
decades in a research tradition started by the now legendary
psychologist B.F Skinner. Skinner was not a brain scientist. He was an
expert in the science of learning and teaching. Skinner’s ideas
eventually led to the development of supremely successful treatments for
a whole range of learning, educational and intellectual deficits
including autism spectrum disorders, and his approach taught us how to
help individuals reach and surpass their intellectual potential.









Scientifically Developed Intellectual Brain Training Skills | RaiseYourIQ: The only scientifically developed brain training and brain health course to improve cognitive functions along with raising IQ in children and adults.