About BrainRx

Who is BrainRx?

BrainRx is a successful international network of specialised one-on-one brain training centers, based on the well known LearningRx programs.

We are a family of concerned and passionate professionals, certified brain trainers, parents and local business owners who want to help children and adults learn and perform faster, better, and more easily.

What do we do?

We change lives through our researched and clinically proven brain training programs.

No other solution—no matter the cost—has the power to so dramatically change the way a person lives and learns. The reason? We address the cause of the problem and not just the symptoms.

The Research Behind Our Programs

35 years of research, four iterations of programs, and studies on the results of more than 90,000 clients have gone into the making of BrainRx today.

It took 35 years of repeating this formula with four contiguous experimental programs that Dr. Ken Gibson, founder of LearningRx and BrainRx, finally got the fast and unprecedented gains he was after in a one-on-one brain training company.

Here are just some of the most significant research, studies (some with and some without control groups), and developments related to his work in cognitive skills training.

You or your child may or may not see the same improvements seen in these studies. 

LearningRx Training Results: 2008-2015
In this preview of the next results report, pretest and post-test scores of more than 18,000 LearningRx students were analyzed. As a group, students made statistically significant gains in all cognitive and academic skills measured by the Woodcock Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities and Tests of Achievement. The average IQ gain was 14 points. Gains in cognitive skills ranged from 3.2 years to 5.0 years. Gains in reading skills ranged from 2.0 years to 6.3 years while gains in math skills ranged from 2.2 years to 3.5 years. See the results of the study.

Carpenter, D., Ledbetter, C., & Moore, A. (2015). LearningRx cognitive training effects in children ages 8-14: A randomized controlled study. Manuscript submitted for peer review.
In a randomized controlled study, the effects of a one-on-one cognitive training programme on IQ, memory, visual and auditory processing, processing speed, reasoning, and attention for students ages 8-14 were examined. Participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental group to complete 60 hours of cognitive training or to a wait-list control group. The purpose of the study was to examine changes in general intelligence and individual cognitive skills after completing cognitive training with ThinkRx, a LearningRx program. Results showed statistically significant differences between groups on all outcome measures except for attention. Implications, limitations, and suggestions for future research are examined. See the results of the study.

Moore, A. (2015). Achievement Outcomes for LearningRx Students: Math and Reading Achievement Before and After Cognitive Training.
This report summarizes the analysis of reading and math achievement outcomes for more than 6,000 students who completed a ReadRx or MathRx training program at LearningRx between 2008 and 2014. ReadRx students made statistically significant gains on tests of Word Attack, Spelling Sounds, Sound Awareness, and Passage Comprehension. The mean gain across reading achievement tests was 3.6 years. MathRx students made statistically significant gains on tests of Math Fluency, Applied Problems, and Quantitative Concepts. The mean gain across math achievement tests was 3.3 years. In a subset of students who provided state achievement test results, 91% percent of the students who completed the ReadRx program showed improvement on state reading achievement tests after the intervention. See the results of the study.

Moore, A. (2015). LearningRx Training and IQ Gains.
This presentation reports the changes in IQ from before and after LearningRx training of more than 18,000 students between 2008 and 2015. The average IQ before training was 97 and the average IQ after training was 111, resulting in an average IQ gain of 14 points. The presentation also reports on a subset of 40 students with double baseline testing, revealing a decline in IQ between the time of diagnosis and beginning LearningRx training and then a dramatic increase in IQ following LearningRx training.See the results of the study.

Hill, O.W., Zewelanji, S., & Faison, O. (2015). The Efficacy of the LearningRx Cognitive Training Program: Modality and Transfer Effects. Journal of Experimental Education: Learning, Instruction, and Cognition. doi: 10.1080/00220973.2015.1065218. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2015.1065218
This paper describes two studies testing the efficacy of the LearningRx one-on-one cognitive training program and its computer-based version (Brainskills) in laboratory and school settings. Study 1 tested Brainskills in a laboratory setting with 322 middle school students. Paired t-tests revealed significant gains on all cognitive measures and math performance after 3 weeks of training. Study 2, a randomized control study, included 225 high school students randomly assigned to one of three conditions: LearningRx, Brainskills, or study hall (control) in a school setting for a 15-week training period. Univariate ANCOVAs revealed significantly higher scores for the treatment groups compared with controls on working memory, logic and reasoning, and three of four math attitude measures but not for math performance.

Gibson, K., Carpenter, D.M., Moore, A.L., & Mitchell, T. (2015). Training the brain to learn: Beyond vision therapy. Vision Development and Rehabilitation, 1(2), 120-129. Retrieved from http://www.covd.org/?page=VDR
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the comprehensive cognitive training program, ThinkRx. Sixty-one children (ages 6-18) were given pretest and post-test cognitive assessments. Thirty-one students completed a 24-week cognitive training program in a LearningRx center. A matched control group of thirty children did not receive training. Multiple regression analyses indicated that treatment group membership was a statistically significant predictor of outcomes in long-term memory, logic and reasoning, working memory, processing speed, auditory processing, and Word Attack. The treatment group realized significantly greater gains in six of seven cognitive measures.

Controlled Study on LearningRx
In collaboration with Dick Carpenter, Ph.D., of the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, LearningRx conducted a control group study to test the effects of LearningRx training on 61 clients ages 6 to 16. The study, titled “Training the Brain to Learn: Beyond Vision Therapy,” was published in the peer-reviewed journal Vision Development and Rehabilitation. Click here to download a copy of the article. It can also be found on the journal website here.

Doctoral Dissertation Examines the Profiles of Cognitive Trainers Associated with Success for Students
Dr. Amy Moore studied characteristics of 150 cognitive trainers that predicted outcomes for 1,195 clients with and without ADHD. After examining the predictive value of trainer personality, degree level, degree field, certification level, and pre-hire cognitive screening score on client gains in long-term memory, working memory, processing speed, and general intelligence, she found that no trainer profile held practical significance. Dr. Moore concluded that the intervention itself may be more important than the characteristics of the person delivering it. Read the dissertation.

2014 LearningRx Results Report 
At LearningRx, we scientifically measure the cognitive skills of every client before and after brain training. This report contains data on average gains derived from the scores of every client (about 6,000) who participated in our program in 2011-2012. Download the report.

Doctoral Dissertation Examines the Effectiveness of One-on-One Brain Training on Memory and Processing Speed in Adolescents
Before and after scores of 1,277 adolescents were evaluated by Brian E. Pfister to determine whether LearningRx brain training improved working memory and processing speed. Read the dissertation.

2011 LearningRx Results Report 
At LearningRx, we scientifically measure the cognitive skills of every client before and after brain training. Our latest report is above. This previous report contains data on average gains derived from the scores of every client (3,000) who participated in our program in 2009. Download the report.

Doctoral Dissertation Examines Real-Life Benefits of Cognitive Training
Dr. Edward Jedlicka used an observational survey completed by parents to evaluate whether LearningRx brain training produced noticeable, real-life improvements in their children, especially in the areas of cognitive skills, academic success, and oppositional behavior. Read the dissertation.

Pilot TBI Program with Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs
LearningRx, in partnership with the WA State Department of Veterans Affairs, provided brain training to 15 soldiers with traumatic brain injuries in an effort to regain or improve brain skills impaired as a result of their injuries. See the results of the study.

Doctoral Dissertation Examines Impact of One-on-One Brain Training on Intelligence and Academics
Dr. Alicia Luckey studied the impact of LearningRx brain training on GIA, memory, and reading in clients with ADHD, clients with dyslexia, and clients who were not reported to have any type of disability. Read the dissertation.

Effectiveness of LearningRx Among Students in the Lowest Quartile
Doctoral Student Alicia J. Luckey, M.A., Educational Psychology, Arizona State University, examined the effect of LearningRx training on 2,080 clients who completed programs in 2006. She focused on clients whose before-training scores fell in the lowest 25%. Read the report.

Independent Analysis of Test Results from 1,265 LearningRx Clients
Roxana Marachi, P.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Child & Adolescent Development at California State University, Northridge, analyzed the pre-training and post-training scores of 1,265 LearningRx clients who participated in the program in 2005. Read her analysis.

Doctoral Dissertation Examines the Effects of LearningRx on Memory in Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury 
Dr. Poonam Ishanpara analyzed the pre-test and post-test scores of 39 adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Her results indicated statistically-significant differences in long-term memory, short-term memory, and working memory after LearningRx training. Read the dissertation.