Published Scientific Studies Demonstrating BrainHQ Benefits

The exercise technologies within BrainHQ have been collectively shown throughout over 100 peer-reviewed science and medical journal articles on how to improve brain function including:

  • Processing speed
  • Auditory memory
  • Visual memory
  • Safe driving
  • Health-related aspects of one’s quality of life, and more.

Listed below you will find these studies.

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Institution

BrainHQ benefits last for at least 10 years

Ten-Year Effects of the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly Cognitive Training Trial on Cognition and Everyday Functioning in Older Adults

 

Johns Hopkins University

BrainHQ benefits protect older adults from decline for 5+ years

Long-term effects of cognitive training on everyday functional outcomes in older adults.

 

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University

BrainHQ improves cognitive measures and everyday functioning for 2+ years

Effects of cognitive training interventions with older adults: a randomized controlled trial

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ improves gait and balance in older adults

A randomized trial to measure the impact of a community-based cognitive training intervention on balance and gait in cognitively intact black older adults

 

University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University

BrainHQ improves memory and increases hippocampus size

Cognitive training changes hippocampal function in mild cognitive impairment: a pilot study.

 

Stanford University

BrainHQ improves memory equivalent to 10 years and increases brain speed

A cognitive training program based on principles of brain plasticity: results from the Improvement in Memory with Plasticity-based Adaptive Cognitive Training (IMPACT) study.

 

Mayo Clinic, USC, Posit Science

BrainHQ training improves several measures of cognitive functioning

A randomized controlled trial of cognitive training using a visual speed of processing intervention in middle aged and older adults.

 

University of Iowa

BrainHQ benefits protect older adults from decline for 5+ years

The ACTIVE cognitive training trial and health-related quality of life: protection that lasts for 5 years.

 

VA Iowa City Health Care System

BrainHQ benefits transfer to real-world abilities

Evaluating the relationship between change in performance on training tasks and on untrained outcomes.

 

Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California

BrainHQ brings overall medical costs down

The ACTIVE cognitive training trial and predicted medical expenditures

 

Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Posit Science

BrainHQ can reverse age-related declines in processing speed

Reversal of age-related neural timing delays with training

 

Northwestern University

BrainHQ improves balance and gait; may prevent falls

Impact of Cognitive Training on Balance and Gait in Older Adults

 

University of Illinois at Chicago

BrainHQ improves brain speed and everyday functioning in older adults

Speed of processing in older adults: a cognitive overview for nursing.

 

School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham

BrainHQ improves brain speed; effects last for 2+ years

The Accelerate Study: The Longitudinal Effect of Speed of Processing Training on Cognitive Performance of Older Adults.

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ improves cognition and memory in schizophrenia

Using neuroplasticity-based auditory training to improve verbal memory in schizophrenia

 

Department of Psychiatry, UCSF/SFVAMC

BrainHQ improves depressive symptoms for up to 5 years

The effect of speed-of-processing training on depressive symptoms in ACTIVE.

College of Public Health, University of Iowa

BrainHQ improves memory and perception and drives physical brain growth

The influence of perceptual training on working memory in older adults

UCSF Medical Center

BrainHQ memory benefits last at least 3 months

Improvement in memory with plasticity-based adaptive cognitive training: results of the 3-month follow-up.

Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California

BrainHQ reduces at-fault auto crashes by 50%

Cognitive training decreases motor vehicle collision involvement of older drivers.

 

University of Alabama at Birmingham

BrainHQ reduces mortality rates

Speed of processing training protects self-rated health in older adults: enduring effects observed in the multi-site ACTIVE randomized controlled trial

 

University of Iowa, Posit Science, Indiana University, University of Alabama, Hebrew Senior Life (Boston, MA), New England Research Institutes (Boston, MA), Posit Science

 

BrainHQ improves brain speed, everday abilities, and driving; effects last for 2+ years

The impact of speed of processing training on cognitive and everyday functions.

 

Edward R. Roybal Center for Translational Reseach on Aging and Mobility, University of Alabama at Birmingham

BrainHQ can prevent onset of clinical depression

The ACTIVE cognitive training interventions and the onset of and recovery from suspected clinical depression

 

Iowa City Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Posit Science

BrainHQ delays driving cessation in aging

Cognitive Speed of Processing Training Delays Driving Cessation

 

School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida

BrainHQ improves cognitive deficits related to heart failure

Nurse-Enhanced Memory Intervention in Heart Failure: the MEMOIR study

 

University of Michigan School of Nursing

BrainHQ improves cognitive deficits related to HIV

Speed of Processing Training With Middle-Age and Older Adults With HIV: A Pilot Study

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ improves driving safety

Speed-of-processing and driving simulator training result in improved driving performance

 

Western Kentucky University

BrainHQ improves memory in normal adults

Memory enhancement in healthy older adults using a brain plasticity-based training program: a randomized, controlled study

 

Posit Science

BrainHQ improves peripheral vision

Age and visual search: expanding the useful field of view

 

Western Kentucky University

BrainHQ mitigates declines in driving mobility

Cognitive Speed of Processing Training Can Promote Community Mobility among Older Adults: A Brief Review.

 

University of Virginia

BrainHQ mitigates declines in driving mobility

The Longitudinal Impact of Cognitive Speed of Processing Training on Driving Mobility

 

School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida

BrainHQ prevents declines in health-related quality of life in older adults

The effects of the ACTIVE cognitive training trial on clinically relevant declines in health-related quality of life

 

University of Iowa

BrainHQ shows promise for improving aging

The Emerging Role of Cognitive Remediation Therapy

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ can facilitate neural plasticity and increase cognitive reserve in aging

Mental stimulation, neural plasticity, and aging: directions for nursing research and practice

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ improves attention in people with hemispatial neglect

Tonic and phasic alertness training: a novel behavioral therapy to improve spatial and non-spatialattention in patients with hemispatial neglect.

 

Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, Boston VA Healthcare System

BrainHQ improves locus of control

Does Cognitive Training Improve Internal Locus of Control Among Older Adults?

 

University of Iowa, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Posit Science

BrainHQ improves speed of daily activities in older adults

Transfer of a speed of processing intervention to near and far cognitive functions.

 

Center for Research on Applied Gerontology, University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ increases brain activation in vision areas

The neural correlates of an expanded functional field of view

 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

BrainHQ is a feasible treatment for Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)

Computer-based cognitive training for mild cognitive impairment: results from a pilot randomized, controlled trial

 

Stanford University, UCSF, UC Davis

BrainHQ is a viable therapy option for people with TBI

Feasibility of computerized brain plasticity-based cognitive training after traumatic brain injury

 

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

BrainHQ is effective in home or under supervision and for multiple age groups

Interim analyses from a randomised controlled trial to improve visual processing speed in older adults: the Iowa Healthy and Active Minds Study.

University of Iowa

BrainHQ is the best predictor of crash risk in older drivers

Visual/cognitive correlates of vehicle accidents in older drivers

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ is the best predictor of crash risk in older drivers

Useful Field of View and Other Neurocognitive Indicators of Crash Risk in Older Adults

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ performance predicts auto crash risk

Visual processing impairment and risk of motor vehicle crash among older adults.

 

School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham

BrainHQ performance predicts fall risk

Predictors of falling in older Maryland drivers: a structural-equation model

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ performance predicts mobility losses

Association between visual attention and mobility in older adults

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ significantly improves memory

Brain plasticity and functional losses in the aged: scientific bases for a novel intervention

 

Posit Science

BrainHQ can assess auto crash risk in older drivers

Cumulative meta-analysis of the relationship between useful field of view and driving performance in older adults: current and future implications

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ can determine divided attention abilities

Acquired brain injury, visual attention, and the useful field of view test: A pilot study

 

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston

BrainHQ can evaluate age-related vision declines

The useful field of view test: a new technique for evaluating age-related declines in visual function.

 

Western Kentucky University

BrainHQ can evaluate peripheral vision loss in TBI

Useful field of view after traumatic brain injury

 

Georgia Southwestern State University

BrainHQ improves health outcomes in aging

Positive and negative neuroplasticity: implications for age-related cognitive declines

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ is recommended for improving aging outcomes

Technology, cognitive remediation, and nursing: directions for successful cognitive aging

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ performance predicts auto crash risk

Identifying crash involvement among older drivers: agreement between self-report and state records.

 

School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham

BrainHQ performance predicts auto crash risk

Exploratory study of incident vehicle crashes among older drivers.

 

Center for Aging, University of Alabama at Birmingham

BrainHQ performance predicts auto crash risk

Can high-risk older drivers be identified through performance-based measures in a Department of Motor Vehicles setting?

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham, Edward R. Roybal Center for Translational Research on Aging and Mobility

BrainHQ performance predicts auto crash risk

A preliminary assessment of the medical and functional factors associated with vehicle crashes by older adults.

 

Center for Aging, University of Alabama at Birmingham

BrainHQ performance predicts auto crash risk

Visual attention problems as a predictor of vehicle crashes in older drivers.

 

Western Kentucky University

BrainHQ performance predicts auto crash risk

A prospective, population-based study of the role of visual impairment in motor vehicle crashes among older drivers: the SEE study.

 

Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London

BrainHQ performance predicts auto crash risk in glaucoma patients

Vision impairment, eye disease, and injurious motor vehicle crashes in the elderly.

 

School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham

BrainHQ performance predicts crash risk

MaryPODS revisited: updated crash analysis and implications for screening program implementation

 

TransAnalytics

BrainHQ performance predicts driving performance

Traffic-entry behavior and crash risk for older drivers with impairment of selective attention.

 

University of Iowa

BrainHQ performance predicts driving performance in people with TBI

UFOV performance and driving ability following traumatic brain injury

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ performance predicts driving test performance

Relation of useful field of view and other screening tests to on-road driving performance

 

University of Alabama, Birmingham

BrainHQ performance predicts falls and auto crash risk in glaucoma patients

Risk of falls and motor vehicle collisions in glaucoma

 

Dalhousie University

BrainHQ performance predicts risk for bumps while walking

Divided visual attention as a predictor of bumping while walking: the Salisbury Eye Evaluation.

 

The Johns Hopkins University

Using BrainHQ can result in far transfer effects

Far transfer in cognitive training of older adults

 

Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California

 

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