BrainHealth Physical

The brain is the most vital organ to everyday-life functioning, and more can be done to keep it healthy than any other part of the body. A great place to start is scheduling a Center-developed BrainHealth Physical, which measures the brain's strengths as well as areas that could be improved, and helps individuals:

• Increase productivity
• Achieve higher levels of work efficiency
• Focus and stay on task
• Increase flexibility in thinking
• Be aware of habits that may drain the brain
• Identify areas of strong mental reserve as well as areas of vulnerability

What is a BrainHealth Physical?

• Based on more than two decades of Center for BrainHealth research, the BrainHealth Physical is a unique two-hour cognitive assessment and one-hour feedback session that examines vital abilities such as integrated reasoning, innovative thinking, strategic learning, and mental flexibility.
• The BrainHealth Physical establishes a benchmark of cognitive reserve in pivotal areas of higher-order mental functioning.
• The BrainHealth Physical is not an IQ measurement or a brain scan, but rather a mental stress test that measures cognitive abilities that should remain robust as we age.

What Does a BrainHealth Physical Assess?

• Strategic Attention – The ability to strategically evaluate information. Includes selecting and blocking, or deciding what information is important to know versus what information should be ignored. Blocking information in an age of increasing information overload is one of the leading predictors of success in the workplace.
• Integrated Reasoning – The ability to apply information across situations. Includes facts, generalized application, and switching. To succeed in a competitive work environment, one must have knowledge of facts, ability to appropriately apply information, and ability to switch between the two. Switching, or quickly shifting focus between minute details to big picture, is essential to successful workplace function.
• Innovation – Ability to identify and generate multiple solutions to a problem by seeing different options and appreciating others’ perspectives. Innovation involves being flexible in our thinking, keeping our ideas fluid, and staying creative when it comes to problem solving.

Confidential:

• Information gleaned from the BrainHealth Physical is completely personal and confidential. Only the person being tested and the examiner know the results.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please contact Jennifer Zientz at 972.883.3404 or jennifer.zientz@utdallas.edu.