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Cognitive Strategy Training

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TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR BRAIN HEALTH

Decades of research show that science-backed strategies improve brain health.
Learning and practicing behavior modification strategies through cognitive training can have a powerful effect on thinking, memory, attention and mood, improving quality of life and ability to adapt to circumstances.
Strategic Memory Advanced Reasoning Tactics (SMART™) is our proprietary brain training methodology, developed and tested by Center for BrainHealth researchers and other teams over three decades. This methodology provides the building blocks of our brain training programs for individual and group needs.

Make Measurable Improvements

Functional connectivity of regions associated with the Central Executive Network

Chapman, S. B., et al. “Neural Mechanisms of Brain Plasticity with Complex Cognitive Training in Healthy Seniors.” Cerebral Cortex, vol. 25, no. 2, 2013, pp. 396–405., doi:10.1093/cercor/bht234.12

Chapman, S. B., et al. “Neural Mechanisms of Brain Plasticity With Complex Cognitive Training in Healthy Seniors.” Cerebral Cortex, vol. 25, no. 2, 2013, pp. 396–405., doi:10.1093/cercor/bht234.12

  • Increase global blood flow to the brain.
  • Forge new connections, and strengthen positive or weaken negative ones.
  • Build cortical thickness in regions such as the frontal and parietal cortices.
  • Reduce age-related brain shrinkage.
  • Improve connective wiring, renovating “insulation” of the long, extended fibers connecting brain cells.
  • Achieve fundamental change in brain networks, cells and molecules, including modification of gene expression.
Center for BrainHealth's proprietary Strategic Memory Advanced Reasoning Tactics (SMART™) methodology provides the building blocks for brain training that can benefit all kinds of people — from adolescents to professionals, warriors to teachers, people with social skills challenges to those with brain performance concerns.

published evidence for SMART (2010-2025)

Summary of Published Research