Selective Awareness Test

OK, since my last post was a very boring research - let's spice it up and test your selective awareness. This is fun, try it.  

Brain Balance

Dr. Melillo has recently published an excellent book called Disconnected Kids.  His website  has a couple of wonderful videos on the right side of his website. I strongly encourage parents to make an effort to watch the second one, Dr. Melillo on Everyday with Marcus and Lisa.  Dr. Melillo covers key aspects of brain imbalance on this video.  As you watch the first video, KCAL9 Features Brain Balance,  you will notice that part of the brain balance program seems to implement Interactive Metronome.  At IM Focused, brain balance has for years been a focus of  IM training in addition to connecting various pathways and improving the timing and synchrony of the neuronal activity in each pathway.

Free Brain Games

Looking for something other than Suduko and crossword puzzles? Lumosity is a site with some free brain games.  You can sign up to purchase more, but you can also just play a few of the free ones. These are good working memory, visual processing, and decision making games.

IM Tasks Variations for Hockey

An IM provider in Australia I believe, works with a professional hockey player. This video is a bit long, but it's interesting. I use some similar variations but relate them to visual processing and faster mental processing for academic reasons.

Visual Processing Resource

Dr. Kenneth Lane wrote a wonderful book about visual processing issues and how to address them. You can purchase it at Barnes and Nobles for about $50.