The Science Behind Neurozone®

A Strong Scientific Foundation

We are committed to scientific integrity and to translating credible neuroscience and related research into practical approaches for building resilience and enabling high performance.  

Over the years, we have invested in strong scientific leadership and maintained close links with academia. We continue to build relationships with leading academic institutions, including the University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University and Tshwane University of Technology, helping us remain connected to emerging research and scientific thinking.

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Staying true to science drives everything we do

With a strong foundation in academic and institutional experience, our team is committed to upholding scientific integrity across all of our products. We also appreciate that delivering on Neurozone®’s principles of excellence and empathy means making science accessible to the people it benefits. So, simplifying accurate science for our clients is at the heart of the team’s agenda for building human resilience and unlocking High Performance.

A selection of our science

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PEER REVIEWED PAPER

"The development and validation of the Resilience Index."

The Resilience Index, a measure of human psychological resilience, is the first of its kind to apply to both high- and low-to-middle-income populations, and to have definitive cut-offs for Low, Moderate, and High resilience. 
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"The relationship between resilience and academic success among a sample of South African engineering students."

This study showed that enhancing students' psychological resilience can improve their academic performance and retention at university. 
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SELECTED RESEARCH

The Neurozone® Science Library

Here you will find a non-exhaustive selection of published, peer-reviewed articles that serve as a representation of the scientific reasoning and empirical evidence which inform the recommendations in Neurozone®’s products
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Peer-Reviewed Paper

As part of our endeavor to build resilient and high-performing individuals and teams, we spent the past four years developing and validating the Resilience Index in partnership with the University of Cape Town and Tshwane University of Technology.

It is a reliable, valid measure and a paper outlining its development and validation has been published in the accredited journal, the International Journal of Testing.

The Resilience Index lies at the heart of our products. We also continuously curate the most recent and cutting-edge science in our fields, and beyond, to inform our research projects, our publications, and ultimately, our products.

 

The development and validation of the Resilience Index

This index highlights three novel findings. Specifically:

  • It encompasses existing theoretical understandings of resilience but also includes two novel components: early-life stability and toxic stress.
  • The index applies to individuals from high-, middle-, and low-income contexts.
  • It is the first to develop unique cut-off scores that classify individuals into low, moderate, or high levels of resilience.
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Peer-Reviewed Paper

This study investigated the relationship between the non-cognitive factor “resilience” and student success (academic performance, turnover intentions, brain-body optimization) among South African university students.

We identified the behavioural predictors that underlie resilience and outline a framework for implementing behavioural interventions to enhance resilience and increase student success.

 

The relationship between resilience and academic success among a sample of South African engineering students

Results revealed:

  • Significant positive relationships between the Stress Mastery and Positive Affect components and academic performance
  • A significant negative relationship between Positive Affect and turnover intentions
  • Significant positive correlations between the brain-body optimization score and all three components of resilience
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