Author: DynamicBrain Inc.
Publication: Monthly Newsletter
Published Date: November 20, 2019

Did you know that when you fall or have a different mobility issue, the fault is as much your brain’s as it is your body’s? That’s because balance relies on multiple cognitive and sensory systems, including the visual-spatial and visual-motor systems. BrainHQ’s visual training exercises are designed to improve these systems. To date, five studies have been conducted on fall risk and mobility using BrainHQ exercises and assessments. These have shown that:

• Poor performance on a BrainHQ exercise correlates to a higher number of collisions and falls.
• Using a set of BrainHQ exercises for 20–30 hours resulted in significantly higher scores on measures of balance and gait.

If you are not a regular BrainHQ trainee, please feel free to try some of our visual training exercises (scroll down to access them), and take action to reduce your risk of falling!

Please let us know if we can help you further.

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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