Brain Gym Research

 

  

 

 

 

 

  

The Oxford Brain Gym is no longer trading

However, we believe that research results from Brain Gym studies

should be available to the public, so that they can see the evidence for themselves!

 

 

Research evidence from Brain Gym studies in Schools

1.  Reading improvements for 10-11 yr-old poor readers (from Hannaford, 1996)

2. Improvement in vocabulary word recognition by special needs students (from Dennison, 1981)

3.  Reading improvements for 9-10 yr-old poor readers (from Dodson, 2006)

4. Reading improvements for 7-8 yr-old poor readers (from Spielmann, 2005)

5.  Spelling improvements for 7-8 yr-olds with above average performance (from Underwood, 2007)

6.  Behavioural improvements for autistic 3 - 5 yr-olds (from Dustow, 2007)

7.  Placebo movement controlled trial on reading and comprehension (from Beigel et al, 2002).

8. Control trial of ocular control, reading fluency, and auditory and visual memory (from Donczik, 1994 & 1997)

 

 

For brief outlines of many more studies, see the US webpage at http://www.braingym.org/studies#_10

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This site was last updated 11/25/09