D. (n.d.). Improve gist reasoning to help 8th-graders close achievement gap. Retrieved April 10, 2018

Brain games to make you smarter are popular with healthy adults who want to sharpen mental performance, victims of traumatic brain injury and seniors at risk for Alzheimer’s. Now the Center for Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas, Dallas, TX says brain training can help middle schoolers develop “gist reasoning,” the ability to “connect the dots” and generalize meaning from what one is learning.