Method and apparatus for cognitive training of humans using adaptive timing of exercises
US6261101A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 21, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L2021/0575
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for training the cognitive and memory systems in a subject is provided. The apparatus and method incorporates a number of different games to be played by the subject. The games artificially process selected portions of language elements, called phonemes, so they will be more easily distinguished by the subject, and gradually improves the subject's neurological processing and memory of the elements through repetitive stimulation. The programs continually monitor a subject's ability to distinguish the processed language elements, and adaptively configures the programs to challenge and reward the subject by altering the degree of processing. That is, the subject advances through a number of different processing or skill levels as their ability to distinguish between language elements improves. The subject's progress through the processing levels is recorded to allow an adaptive timing mechanism to optimize game play time for each of the games. As the subject advances through the processing levels in a particular game, the amount of game play time for that game is reduced. This insures that the subject spends the most time with those games s/he finds most diffic…
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