right and left brain as a result ones concentration and memory levels improve it also betters ones sleep patterns and balances the eq and iqfalling for a gimmick however a dubious taint creeps in largely due to the many gimmicky videos of such workshops that show children carrying out miraculous feats like reading or guessing the colour of an object while blindfolded experts say that parents much exercise some caution while choosing the workshop thats right for their child dr amit desai consultant psychiatrist jaslok hospital and research centre says that the only way such workshops effectiveness can be measured is by conducting psychometric tests on children who have and have not attended such workshops perhaps you can conduct the second test after one year and compare and study the results for some strong evidence he adds narendra kinger clinical psychologist and psychotherapist on the other hand explains that there is a definite science behind the theory our school education system depends on rote learning such activities will encourage active learning over passive learning meditation and brain gym have been known to increase ones concentration levels and attention spans he explains pathak tries to breakdown the theory behind this every object gives out a vibration such vibrations create an image in your minds eye so when a child touches an object when blindfolded an image gets created in the mind as senses like smell and touch are heightened and 99 per cent of the time children do get it right but yes a few workshops do try to market themselves by promising miraculous feats but that is wrong and should never be the aim of such workshopsby anu prabhakar