Author: DynamicBrain Inc.
Publication: Monthly Newsletter
Published Date: January 15, 2016
With a new year upon us, I hope that you have resolved to keep your brain fit and that you have met your goals from last year.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) seems to have set a 2016 goal too. As you may have heard, on January 6th, the FTC fined the maker of Lumosity brain training $50 million indicating that there was little to no scientific proof to back up the claims made in their advertising. BrainHQ is different. As Dr. Mahncke the CEO of Posit Science says, “We have been following those rules from the start, because we have always believed that good science matters more than advertising.” Read the full posting here.
Rest assured that BrainHQ can help you stick to your resolution of exercising your brain – we do have the science to back it up. Have you tried our free Daily Spark exercise today? Click here.
Kind regards, Frieda Fanni
President
DynamicBrain Inc.
DynamicBrain Inc. is the Canadian partner of Posit Science Corporation providing brain fitness program BrainHQ in English and French.
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