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Donalee Markus's practice, Designs for Strong Minds, is dedicated to changing people's lives through brain plasticity. Her cognitive restructuring program is inspired by the work of Professor Reuven Feuerstein, with whom she did post-doctoral work. Feuerstein is a world-renowned psychologist and originiator of the theory of Structural Cognitive Modifiability.Dr. Markus has worked with corporate clients including Los Alamos National Laboratory, McDonald's Corporation, Ameritech., Coopers & Lybrand, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Quaker Oats, the U.S. Federal Court System, and NASA. NASA recognizes Designs for Strong Minds as "the only graphically based problem-solving program that uses context-free game-like exercises that create the disposition for critical thinking and creativity." Dr. Markus is author of Retrain Your Business Brain: Outsmart the Corporate Compeititon (Dearborn Press).Dr. Markus earned her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from National Louis University. | 