Meet Our 2017 July Provider of the Month! Stephanie M. Foster

Meet our July 2017 Provider of the Month, Stephanie M. Foster PhD, OTR/L. This accomplished IM Provider, really runs the gamut as far as skills, knowledge and experience. After years of working with clients of all ages and conditions Stephanie decided to open her own practice, called Kid's Work. Her...

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New Published Research: The Effectiveness of Interactive Metronome ® as a Restorative Modality to Improve Cognition and Motor Performance in Healthy Older Adults in Eastern North Carolina

In early April of this year, we featured a study conducted by Dr. Leonard Trujillo, from Eastern Carolina University. He wanted to know if Interactive Metronome improved the cognitive and motor abilities of healthy older adults. Well we are pleased to announce that IM is in fact a viable modality...

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Effectiveness of Interactive Metronome: Does Use Improve Cognitive and Motor Abilities in Healthy, Older Adults?

This study conducted  by Dr.Leonard Trujillo examined the relationship between IM protocol and cognitive plasticity along with cognitive retention and fine motor skills of older adults. The protocol was done with occupational therapists and/or graduate occupational therapy students present.   In order to track cognitive and motor function all participants underwent...

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Motor Skills Role In Language Processing

Individuals who struggle with speech, language and literacy skills tend to display impaired motor coordination and poor timing compared to more normally functioning peers.   A new, groundbreaking study provides strong evidence for the role of the primary motor cortex in language processing, which is quite interesting in light of...

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IM Featured in the News: Study by Nina Kraus of Northwestern University

Mature brains exploit feedback when keeping a beat Clapping along with a metronome is a deceptively simple task that requires the integration of multiple neural systems. Incorporating visual cues to guide beat keeping as in Interactive Metronome (IM) training only makes this more complicated because fine-grained timing in the brain's auditory...

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IM Featured in the News: Train the Brain

With such astonishing outcomes, like those gained from IM training, its no surprise that many of our Providers end up featured in the news! We are excited to share that Kate Ortman, founder and CEO of Brain Training of Maryland, is featured in “Her Mind Magazine” this month. Ortman is no stranger to the media either, she has been featured numerous times discussing IM and her training methodologies at her Maryland clinic.

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