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are after-school learning centers that offer a program of brain training, exercise, simple physical exercises, skills training, and dietary advice that it says helps children with developmental and
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who later added what he calls "functional neurology" to his practice. He began developing the business and its learning centers in 2006, opting for a
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model. The first center opened in 2007. By early 2018 there were 110 centers in the chain and the business had an annual revenue of $ 41 million.
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that there was insufficient evidence of effectiveness for the company's claims. The results of a June 2018 year-long investigation by
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and other aspects of brain development. That assessment is consistent with a 2015 determination by the
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