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Study shows adults can raise IQ and increase brain function

Brain training industry leader releases study for National Older Americans Month

Colorado Springs, CO (Grassroots Newswire) May 5, 2010 – National Older Americans Month this May comes with exciting study results from the nation’s brain training leader, LearningRx. A just-released study of LearningRx adult clients shows that brain training can improve brain function and raise IQ, even for people well into their 70s.

“This study proves what we’ve known for decades,” says Dr. Ken Gibson, founder and President of nationally franchised brain training leader LearningRx. “The right type of brain training can help anyone get smarter. This shows that adults and seniors don’t have to ‘settle’ for their current mental capacity. At any age, they can use brain training to boost their IQ to get an advantage in a competitive job market, or to slow and reduce some of the mental effects of aging.”

The study of adults aged 20 to 80 who underwent LearningRx brain training in 2009 showed significant increases in every cognitive skill trained and in every age bracket. On average:

Executive processing speed increased an average of 46%

Long-term memory jumped 66%

Short-term memory jumped 39%

IQ increased 11.4 points

“An 11-point jump in IQ is substantial,” says Gibson. “It is significant in terms of the ease and speed and the ability to perform different types of tasks – it’s a giant jump in making the brain faster, sharper, more efficient. It’s thrilling proof that even seniors can see huge benefits from the mental exercise of brain training, just as they can from physical exercise.”

To learn more or to get a copy of the complete study results, contact Tanya Mitchell at Tanya@learningrx.com, or (719) 264-8808, or visit http://media.learningrx.com.

About LearningRx

LearningRx specializes in identifying and correcting the underlying cognitive skill deficiencies that keep people from achieving their full potential in school, business or life. Personal brain trainers use intensive, one-on-one, game-like exercises to quickly enhance weak cognitive skills such as attention, memory, processing speed, and problem solving. Dr. Ken Gibson developed the program based on 30 years of research and clinical trials, and nationwide more than 25,000 students have gone through brain training at more than 67 franchised locations.

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