Tibor S

He says BrainHQ has changed his life in ways he never expected. While some of the improvements are deeply personal, he credits the program with helping him become more aware, more resilient, and better connected to both his mind and body.

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“I truly enjoy the exercises. I feel I need to do this. It makes me feel better about myself. I feel the benefits every day.”

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Debbie

“I didn’t know what I was getting into but I’m sure glad I got into it.” These are Debbie’s words used to describe her experience in the Fundamentals of Brain Health class. Debbie understood there was value in brain training, but wondered to what extent, and why BrainHQ? New motivation is what she needed–so she joined the class.

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Jeff

Five years ago, after hearing Mike Merzenich speak on PBS about BrainHQ, Jeff began his brain training journey. He believes BrainHQ has a lot to offer.

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Barbara

As an employee of a school system, she had time this summer to explore the BrainHQ website and found a way to get the program for free. “I discovered you could get BrainHQ through some libraries,” she recalls.

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Michael

40-year-old Mike came to BrainHQ through his love of football. “I’m a Pittsburgh fan,” he says. “I watched Tom Brady and his team beat us time and time again, and I thought, ‘Hey, Tom Brady is about my age, and he’s at the top of his game. What’s he doing?’” That question led Mike to discover TB12—Tom Brady’s training regimen—and through it, TB12 BrainHQ, the brain training program Tom Brady uses himself.

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Kim

Kim is an occupational therapist in an outpatient neurorehabilitation facility in Idaho. One of the services she provides is giving clinical assessments of cognitive ability as it relates to driving safety, most often to older adults. To do so, she administers a set of tests—ones that assess processing speed, reaction time, and so on—to her patients.

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Penelope

Penelope always had a great memory, but when she retired four years ago she noticed her word retrieval was declining. “I would just hesitate when trying to find words. My husband noticed this also.”

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Roberta

“I can’t sing the praises loud enough for BrainHQ,” says Roberta, who started using the program a few years ago after she retired at age 69.

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Bobi-Rose and Koko

32-year-old Bobi-Rose lives with her extended family in a small city at the southern tip of New Zealand. Four years ago, her father, Koko, was having trouble with his memory. “He would lose a cell phone every six months and we’d have to buy him a new one,” she says. “It was so annoying!”