Clinical Experience |
Type of Facility: Brain Fitness Center Staff at the Brain Fitness Center in Croatia have been using Somatron equipment with individuals attending the facility. The center offers both individual and group programs that are primarily aimed to improve cognitive functioning and the general overall well being of these individuals. The work at the center has received media interest and attention and has consequently been included in education broadcasting. The Brain Fitness Center expanded to collaborate with the School of Medicine at the University of Zagreb as well as with the Croatian Institute for Brain Research and the Croatian Medical Student International Committee (croMSIC). The initial goal of the center was to focus on providing healing for the “wounds of recent war”. With their work already showing signs of success at this early stage, the staff report that they are hopeful they will meet their goal as their work progresses. More recently the center has begun to focus on a new issue. After conducting surveys, staff identified a possible link between students’ health deterioration and their educational experiences. In order to investigate this further, a research project is being developed that will introduce a pilot group of students to relaxation and anti-stress methods in an attempt to see whether their stress levels decrease and also whether there are any positive effects on cognitive functioning (e.g. memory and learning). This project is currently ongoing and has received support from a number of other facilities and organizations (see “New and Ongoing Research” section for more details). |