How Cognitive Training Can Help You in 2015
When a person is having difficulty focusing on or processing new material, as in an educational setting, drilling the content repeatedly is often pointless. Amazingly, four out of every five academic challenges don’t result from incompetent instruction but instead from poorly trained cognitive abilities, according to osteopath Dr. Jane E. Stewart.
“Cognitive training,” wrote Dr. Stewart on her blog, “also referred to as ‘brain exercise,’ focuses on helping to improve the ‘core’ abilities and self-control necessary before an individual can function successfully academically.”
This technique, a strategy in the field of functional neurology that is frequently used in conjunction with chiropractic, has long been viewed skeptically by many in the traditional medical community (as evidenced by a 2013 report in Scientific American entitled “New Cognitive Training Study Takes on the Critics”). However, the body of research on the treatment modality has steadily become more convincing.
What is cognitive training?
Generally speaking, this therapeutic method includes a toolset of methodical exercises intended to optimize a person’s behavior through their own cognition so that they exhibit more prolonged focus, less impulsive decision-making, sharpened ability to incorporate sight and hearing stimuli, better receptivity, and stronger reading comprehension.
The exercises are designed to target various areas of cognitive impairment or learning difference, allowing functional neurology professionals to strengthen cognition with a certain focus but yielding a broad spectrum of impact.
Studies have demonstrated that cognitive training can decelerate Alzheimer’s and enhance the intellectual behavior of individuals with ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, autism, Asperger’s, concussions, bipolar disorder, and other mental health conditions. Dr. Stewart explained that the therapeutic protocol is used by chiropractic doctors to improve the thought processes of schoolchildren and workers alike.
Don’t forget: memory improvements
Human beings are diverse in terms of the amount of data they can hold, refine, and adapt in their minds simultaneously. The different capacities influence a person’s ability to conceptualize the world, perform in classroom settings, and understand emerging information.
The research in one particular area of this field – memory – is particularly compelling. Scott Barry Kaufman notes in the Scientific American report referenced above, “The most consistent and least controversial finding in the literature is that working memory training programs produce reliable short-term improvements in both verbal and visuospatial working memory skills.”
Not simply the symptoms
Regardless the state of the current literature, we build long-term successes every day with our functional neurologic rehabilitation program, which is sometimes paired with chiropractic and other treatments. Call us for a free consultation now: (337) 240-9785.
Sources:
https://drjanestewart.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/what-is-cognitive-training/