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Medication Alternatives: Don’t like your attention deficit disorder? Fix it.

By , 10/17/2011 at 12:29 pm

The more I research, the more evidence I find that you can correct any learning disability, attention deficit or other shortcoming of your brain. It’s not as easy as taking a pill. But it works, and it’s permanent.

Hold on. These are bold statements. If I have ADHD, the only treatment is drugs. Except diets, meditation, and yoga which don’t really do much. Right?

Not at all. In the past few decades, stunning advances have been made in Neuroplasticity: the brain’s ability to drastically change with the right training.

What does this mean? It means that eventually, things like ADHD and other cognitive quirks won’t be “problems” anymore. (I for one believe ADHD is an asset in many ways, but that’s another discussion.)

So what is the “right” training? Here are a some resources that have reported success improving the brain permanently. (more…)

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ADHD Awareness Week with Brainscape

By , at 8:03 am

October is ADHD Awareness Month, and this week (October 16-22) is ADHD Awareness Week. The Brainscape blog will be sharing ADHD related articles throughout the week. If you have something to say about ADHD, attention exercises, or other related topics, please comment on our posts or head over to our Facebook page where we’re posting discussion questions regularly.

Later today you can read about alternatives to prescription medicines for ADHD on the blog. So stay with us!

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Brainscape Founder Interviewed on BNET for iTunes Optimization

By , 10/14/2011 at 4:33 pm

Ever wondered how Brainscape is making it in the iTunes AppStore? Well, so did the folks over at BNET (The CBS Interactive Business Network), so they sat down with Andrew yesterday for a chat about our iTunes tactics, lessons we’ve learned, and what YOU can do to make sure your kicking butt in iTunes.

You can find a write up and the full interview on the BNET website. Thanks to Laurel Touby for interviewing Brainscape!

 

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The New York Times on Bilingual Babies

By , 10/13/2011 at 8:25 am

The New York Times published an interesting overview of research on bilingual vs. monolingual infants this week. You might remember that bilingualism, and the cognitive advantages of bilingualism are topics that we are very interested in on this blog. The NYTimes article presents research on what’s happening in the development of infants who are brought up in either mono- or bilingual environments. The results are actually very interesting.

You can find the article here, but I will say that researches have found that bilingual babies are “more cognitively flexible,” which I think is a great phrase!

 

 

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Brainscape’s Newest Addition: Jeff Holliday, Mobile Architect

By , 10/12/2011 at 7:31 am

Brainscape is proud to announce the addition of Jeff Holliday, Mobile Architect, to the Brainscape Team. He is the fifth team member here, and we are psyched to have him on board. As mobile architect, Jeff will work on improving our existing iOS environment while also adding awesome new features, expanding to other platforms, and generally shaping up Brainscape for our users!

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Brainscape Spanish is CRUSHING it

By , 10/11/2011 at 8:39 am
Hey, remember when Brainscape’s Learn Spanish app was first released on iTunes back in May?  OK, you probably don’t.  Our initial release indeed fell on a skeptical market that was hesitant to spend $40 on a seemingly simple language-learning app.

Yet it’s amazing what a few months’ worth of solid word-of-mouth will do for a great app.  The world seems to be increasingly realizing the ground-breaking advancements that we have made in the language-learning sciences, and we at Brainscape are incredibly humbled by both the momentum and product reviews that Learn Spanish has been collecting.  The single app now represents over half of our revenue, out of over a dozen paid subjects on iTunes and the web! (more…)

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Does reading out loud cause you to remember things better?

By , 10/10/2011 at 7:38 am

We have previously written about how, when learning a new language, it is crucial to speak out loud in addition reading from a textbook. We have always emphasized reading, and even singing, as good tools for improving one’s accent and for general practice of the language. However, reading material out loud can also be an effective strategy to remember things. (more…)

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Even More Tongue Twisters

By , 10/6/2011 at 7:56 am

If last week’s Tongue Twister videos left you wanting more, don’t worry! We have MANY more tongue twisters to share with you. We’ve put together a total of 17 videos, all featuring Brainscape’s loyal (and shameless) team members. Click below for a sampling, or head over to the Tongue Twisters Playlist for them all! (more…)

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Brainscape Ranked #1 Game-Changing Education Startup to Watch

By , 10/5/2011 at 5:08 pm

Check it out: Brainscape has been listed at the top of Online Universities list of 18 game-changing education startups to watch out for! We are quite pleased to be recognized as a “game changer” (after all, that is our goal). But we’re not the only game changers…you’ll have to head over to the list to see what other 17 companies made the cut.

 

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Language Learning Tool: TED Talks

By , at 8:18 am

We’ve listed our top youtube channels to learn Spanish and French, but what about other video sites where you can learn a foreign language? What about a site where you can potentially learn 80 different languages?

TED’s website provides great language tools including subtitles and interactive transcripts for 1000s of videos. Freelanguage.org recently published a great guide to how to learn a language using TED talks. Below the cut you’ll find the FreeLanguage.org article. (more…)

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