Brain Gym – wondering what happened subsequently?

In April 2008 it was reported in the national press in Great Britain that the creators of this ‘educational exercise programme’ used in hundreds of schools in England had agreed to withdraw unsubstantiated scientific claims from their teaching materials. The Brain Gym programme, which used 26 teacher-led physical exercises ‘to help to promote learning’ had been at the centre of controversy after respected scientific organisations complained to local authorities about the company’s training manual.

Paul Dennis, the Californian educator who created the programme, admitted that many claims in his teacher’s guide were based on his ‘hunches‘ and were not proper science.