Not specifically relating to the author alone, but It’s tragic how numerous individuals perceive the entire hierarchy of intelligence to consist of nothing more than specified abilities, which in my mind is grossly false (and one of main criticisms inflicted against the legitimacy of specific IQ test results; there are many species of intelligence.)

The human brain is naturally more capable than merely harnessing established/documented knowledge required to engage in a mundane fields of work.

Anyway, I guess my point is that a.) you can learn to be a great salesman by practice and b.) if you’ve developed great learning skills first, your efforts to be a better salesman will be greatly enhanced. Any subject, practice, or discipline will be easier if your brain learns efficiently. And that’s what we do – train the brain to be more efficient.

We do train adults, and although the website is targeted more towards youth, our centers do train adults: businesspeople, seniors, stroke victims, TBI victims, etc. Our centers have seen a lot of soldiers lately. It’s wonderful that we can help them get back on their feet after traumatic brain injuries sustained overseas. Anyway, yes, brain training is helpful to anyone of any age. However, we do see more school-age children than any other demographic.

Also, based on learningrx.com, it looks like LearningRx is targeted at children and adolescents. Do you think the skills you train would generalize to adults? Or perhaps more interestingly, do you think you could conduct such training on seniors (where brain fitness is potentially more valuable, to stave off dementia and other like conditions) and do better than online games alone?

“Games motivate players to learn their rule systems and practice learned skills within the world they create, all in the context of fun. What a perfect environment for training and adult education! So why hasn’t it been done?”

Have you looked at LearningRx, Inc?

LearningRx has created, in our centers, a one-on-one training environment that creates rule systems and asks students to practice learned skills by staying between the lines of those rules. Essentially, we’ve created that “context of fun” that you mention to strengthen cognitive skills. But instead of practicing those skills in the context of a computer-to-human relationship, we use a human-to-human relationship. That’s why I say it’s been done, just not online. In fact, any online game that you find claiming to be “brain training” is, at best, support material. They can be fun, and depending on the game, worthwhile, but the really amazing results come from one-on-one brain training.

So, I think the answer to your question is: It has been done. But instead of training people in specific disciplines, we train the cognitive skills needed to excel in any discipline or subject.

If you’re interested in something that creates a fun environment that builds serious skills (processing speed, memory, auditory processing, attention) needed for success in life – take a look at LearningRx.