Dr. Jeffery Gilger Named To Scientific Advisory Board

Learning Enhancement Corporation (LEC), developer of BrainWare Safari, the award-winning cognitive skills development program, announced that Dr. Jeffery Gilger, professor of special education and psychological sciences at Purdue University, will join the company's Scientific Advisory Board.

Dr. Gilger's multidisciplinary research spans the educational, clinical and neuroscience disciplines, focusing on normal and abnormal neuropsychological development, genetics, and the etiology of learning-language disorders, especially dyslexia. Recent research projects include the neurology/genetics of the gifted-learning disabled individual, the use of virtual reality for spatial skills analysis, and a multi-site project on the efficacy of reading remediation programs in not-for-profit clinics. Dr. Gilger was among the first investigators to describe the genetic patterns for inherited learning and co-morbid disorders in families and to suggest that the genes for dyslexia may be part of the normal continuum of reading variation. Most recently, Dr. Gilger has served as Associate Dean for Discovery and Faculty Development for the College of Education at Purdue.

Dr. Gilger is president and program chair for the Brain and Neuroscience SIG of the American Educational Research Association, a former officer and board member of the International Dyslexia Association, and an advisor or editorial board member for a number of grant agencies and professional journals. He holds memberships in the American Psychological Association, the American Society of Human Genetics and the Behavior Genetics Association.

As a member of LEC's scientific advisory board, Dr. Gilger will serve as an independent advisor on matters of cognitive development and enhancement, brain science, and education; review the quality and relevance of the scientific and technical information used as the basis for LEC product research and development; and provide guidance on LEC research programs and their results.

Other members of Learning Enhancement Corporation's Scientific Advisory Board include: Allen Bragdon, founder of BrainWaves� and author of numerous books on the practical applications of neuroscience in the development and maintenance of mental fitness; Dr. Jean-Claude Dutes, Psychology Section Leader in the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine at Michigan State University; Peter Kline, renowned educator and author of numerous books on education, literature and the arts, including Why America's Children Can't Think; Dr. Sheldon Margulies, a board-certified practicing neurologist and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Dr. Marion Perlmutter, Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan; Dr. Theresa Rosen, an educational psychologist and researcher; Dr. Gary Vogel, a practicing optometrist, clinical instructor at the University of Missouri School of Optometry, and developer of computerized vision therapy exercises; Dr. Patricia Wolfe, author of Brain Matters and international authority on the application of neuroscience to teaching and learning; and Dr. Deborah Zelinsky, an expert in neuro-optometric rehabilitation, author of numerous publications, and inventor of the patented Z-Bell Test�, used to diagnose the stability of relationships between auditory, visual and proprioceptive pathways.

About Learning Enhancement Corporation
Learning Enhancement Corporation has developed a software platform for learning that combines the latest neuroscience with motivating video-game technology. Its flagship product, BrainWare Safari, develops 41 cognitive skills in a motivating video-game format. BrainWare Safari has won the Software and Information Industry CODiE Award, as Best Education Game or Simulation, Parents' Choice Award, a Teachers' Choice for the Family Award, a Mom's Choice Award. The program is a finalist for a 2010 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers. LEC won the EdNET Rookie of the Year Award in 2006, honoring the most promising venture with the greatest potential to be a significant player in the education industry in the coming years. For further information, visit www.LearningEnhancement.com and www.MyBrainWare.com or call 877-BRAIN-10 (877-272-4610).