MindFit Whiz Kids

The MindFit Whiz Kids - Cognitive skills development

program that,
Assesses children's cognitive abilities in early learning
years
Provides a personalized, task-orientated training program
to help improve specific cognitive abilities.

Learning is a complex process that includes more than just a

child’s ability to understand what the teacher is saying.

The learning process involves several cognitive abilities.

Recognizing that each child has different levels of learning

abilities; MindFit Whiz Kids assesses, for each child, which
skills are stronger, and which are weaker.

Then, based on this assessment, a personalized, task-

orientated training program is planned to help improve the
?Cognitive Skills
The word “cognition” is defined as “the act of knowing” or “knowledge.”
Cognitive skills therefore refer to those skills that make it possible
for us to know, understand.
?Cognitive Skills - the need
Cognitive skills are what separate the good learners from the
:so-so learners. Here’s why
Without developed cognitive skills, children fall behind 
because they aren’t able tointegrate new information as
.they are taught it
The sad truth is that most students move on to the next 
grade before they have mastered the basic academic skills
like reading, writing and math… because they haven’t
.developed cognitive skills

Remember: The ability to learn and make sense of new

information is crucial to successful learning… and
that’s why developing cognitive skills is so
.important. That’s what Whiz Kids does
MindFit Whiz Kids
Assessment and Training Modules
Personalized training schedule for each
child
Feedback for children, parents and
teachers
Specially designed for School children
Tasks are fun and challenging
Child friendly tasks
Written and spoken instructions
?How does MindFit Whiz Kids Work
Assessment
minute assessment 40
Each child completes assessment module
Feedback shows which skills need improvement and
”.which need ”upkeep

Training
Based on Assessment results MindFit Whiz Kids
automatically designs a personal program for each
child
Three sessions a week, 20 minutes each session,
Individualized Training System
reads“ child’s cognitive level and sensitive to all“
changes
.Designs training programs to match current levels
?Which Skills Does Whiz Kids Train
Attention and Executive processes
Sustained attention
Selective attention
Divided attention
Executive control
Planning
Inhibition
Shifting
Monitoring
?Which Skills Does Whiz Kids Train
Learning and Memory processes
,Simple reaction time
Eye-hand coordination
Visual scanning
Width of field of vision
Distance estimation
Objects perception
Visual scanning
Obeying instructions
Speed
Accuracy trade-off
Short term memory
Spatial and visual memory
Simple Reaction Time
The time it takes to respond to a simple stimulus
.) )when no decision is involved
Width of Field of Vision
"Width of field of vision" relates to the ability of a
person to perceive visual information outside the
center of his visual field.
Width of Field of Vision
"Width of field of vision" relates to the ability of a
person to perceive visual information outside the
center of his visual field.
Visual Scanning
Visual scanning is our ability to locate a specific visual
stimuli out of a set of many visual stimuli.
Stroop
The stroop task assesses the user's ability to compare
information from two different channels - the visual
.and the semantic
Follow without Track
This task assesses Eye-hand coordination - the level of sensitivity
in which the eye and hand are synchronized.
Divided Attention
Divided attention is the ability to execute successfully two
.or more tasks at the same time
Width of Field of Vision
Width of Field of Vision is the amount of information
absorbed from the periphery of the surroundings, when
looking straight ahead.
Speed of Perception
Speed of perception isthe speed and efficiency at
which relevant information is actively found in the
.surroundings

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Width of Visual Field & Divided
Attention
Divided attention is the ability to execute successfully two
or more tasks at the same time.
Width of visual field relates to the ability of a person to
perceive visual information outside the center of his visual
field.
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Advantages
Holistic approach in assessing, training and development of
cognitive skills & Learning Memory processes essential for all round
.development
Individualized Training System “reads” child’s cognitive level and
sensitive to all changes
Web based online sessions – can be practiced – any time –
.anywhere
Unlimited practicing time – spread out for a period of 12 months –
.certain that the student gets the full benefits of the training program
Helps in excel in studies, sports and extra curricular activities
.ultimately promotes all round development in students
.Researched, third party tested and used all over the world
Benefits

At the end of the training

program the overall
improvement is upto to 40%
About CogniFit
Founded in 1999 by Prof. Shlomo Breznitz, authority on
psychology
World leader in cognitive training and assessment software
DriveFit family of products:
•DriveFit L-for beginning drivers
•FleetFit-for fleet drivers
•DriveFit Premium-for insurance companies
•Golden DriveFit-for senior drivers
•FlightFit- to assess flight readiness
MindFit family of Products:
•MindFit- for healthy adults
•MindFit Whiz Kids-for school students
•Back on Track-for chemotherapy patients
•MindWorks-for early Alzheimer’s disease
Patent
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING AND TRAINNG
COGNITIVE ABILITY.

Patent Number: 6,632,174

Issued: 14 October 2003

ABSTRACT
A method for testing and/or training cognitive ability,
including the steps of testing a preliminary cognitive level of
a user and receiving results representative there from.
According to the results, the cognitive level may then be
broken up into separate discrete cognitive skills, and one or
more tasks may be created, each task related to each of the
separate discrete cognitive skills. The one or more tasks may
then be presented to the user and so that a current
cognitive level of the user is re-tested, and results
representative there from are received. This process may be
repeated at least one time.
Clinical Study
Project Tabeetha

The primary goal of this study was to determine the

relative benefits of Two educational interventions, a
cognitive training intervention and an enriched literacy
intervention, for elementary school children aged 7 to
12 years, on outcomes of four kinds: 1) neurocognitive
performance, 2) basic skills achievement )literacy and
numeracy) 3) cognitive reserve outcomes and 4)
personal-motivational and attitudinal outcomes.
Secondary goals of the study were to determine the
contribution of age and cognitive-literate
reserve to the gains incurred from the interventions.

Results to be made available Summer 2009.

Awards
Awards

DriveFit 2003 Prince Michael Road Safety Award

MindFit-2007 ASA Business and Aging Award

MindFit-2007 NCHH Wellness, Prevention and

Fitness Convention Best Program

for Improving Employee Health

MindFit-2007 NCHH Spring Conference- Best Exhibitor Award

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