Launch of Neurekalab, a spin-off to improve learning and reduce academic failure
Paying attention, reading and writing skills, memory, numerical processing and calculation are key cognitive processes in learning. Low performances in these processes is related to academic failure, and although Spain is one of the three European countries with the highest rate of school failure, there are now only a few scientifically validated methods for an early detection of such difficulties. Researchers Josep M Serra-Grabulosa, from the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology of the University of Barcelona (UB), and Sergi Grau, researcher and Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic - UCC), noticed this lack of methods and decided to create Neurekalab, a spin-off by these two universities in order to develop and commercialize digital tools to improve learning skills and prevent school failure.
Paying attention, reading and writing skills, memory, numerical processing and calculation are key cognitive processes in learning. Low performances in these processes is related to academic failure, and although Spain is one of the three European countries with the highest rate of school failure, there are now only a few scientifically validated methods for an early detection of such difficulties. Researchers Josep M Serra-Grabulosa, from the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology of the University of Barcelona (UB), and Sergi Grau, researcher and Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic - UCC), noticed this lack of methods and decided to create Neurekalab, a spin-off by these two universities in order to develop and commercialize digital tools to improve learning skills and prevent school failure.