Methods and computer program products for assessing language comprehension in infants and children
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1. A method for evaluating a cognitive ability of a user comprising the following steps:
- (a) providing a touch screen;
(b) presenting to the user a stimulus for a series of iterations;
(c) presenting at least two sensory choices for response to the stimulus of the step (a), wherein the association of one of the choices to the stimulus is considered a correct response, (d) receiving a response to the stimulus from the user, and (e) determining whether the received response is correct for the stimulus by comparison of the response of the user to the stimuli to a predetermined correct response, wherein the cognitive ability of the user is evaluated by comparison of the responses of the user to the stimuli to the predetermined correct responses;
or comprising the s of (a) Resenting to the user a stimulus for a series of iterations;
(b) presenting at least two sensory choices for response to the stimulus of the step (a), wherein the association of one of the choices to the stimulus is considered a correct response. (c) receiving a response to the stimulus from tee user wherein the response from the user is provided by touching a computer screen, and (d) determining whether the received response is correct for the stimulus by comparison of the user to the stimuli to a predetermined correct response wherein the cognitive ability of the user is evaluated by comparison of the responses of the user to the stimuli to the predetermined correct responses.
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for assessing early language comprehension in subjects such as children, infants or learning impaired individuals, and methods for assessing problem-solving and concept development in these subjects the invention also provides articles, or computer program products, comprising a machine-readable medium including machine-executable instructions and systems to practice the methods of the invention. In one aspect, touch-responsive surfaces are used to collect responses from subjects.
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31 Claims
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1. A method for evaluating a cognitive ability of a user comprising the following steps:
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(a) providing a touch screen;
(b) presenting to the user a stimulus for a series of iterations;
(c) presenting at least two sensory choices for response to the stimulus of the step (a), wherein the association of one of the choices to the stimulus is considered a correct response, (d) receiving a response to the stimulus from the user, and (e) determining whether the received response is correct for the stimulus by comparison of the response of the user to the stimuli to a predetermined correct response, wherein the cognitive ability of the user is evaluated by comparison of the responses of the user to the stimuli to the predetermined correct responses;
or comprising the s of(a) Resenting to the user a stimulus for a series of iterations;
(b) presenting at least two sensory choices for response to the stimulus of the step (a), wherein the association of one of the choices to the stimulus is considered a correct response. (c) receiving a response to the stimulus from tee user wherein the response from the user is provided by touching a computer screen, and (d) determining whether the received response is correct for the stimulus by comparison of the user to the stimuli to a predetermined correct response wherein the cognitive ability of the user is evaluated by comparison of the responses of the user to the stimuli to the predetermined correct responses. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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- 13. The method of claim 13, wherein the choice for response from the user is presented as a single image, as pairs of images, as three images or as at least four or more images.
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27. A computer-implemented method for evaluating a cognitive ability of a user comprising the following steps
(a) presenting to the user a stimulus for a series of iterations; -
(b) presenting to the user at least two sensory choices for response to the stimulus of the step (a), wherein the association of one of the choices to the stimulus is considered a correct response, (c) receiving a response to the stimulus from the user, wherein the user provides a response by touching a computer screen, and (d) determining whether the received response is correct for the stimulus by comparison of the response of the user to the stimuli to a database storing predetermined correct responses, wherein the cognitive ability of the user is evaluated by comparison of the responses of the user to the stimuli to a predetermined correct response and the evaluation is displayed to a user interface or is stored in a database. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. An article comprising a machine-readable medium including machine-executable instructions, the instructions being operative to cause a machine to:
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(a) present to a user a stimulus;
(b) present to the user at least two sensory choices for response to the stimulus of the step (a), wherein the association of one of the choices to the stimulus is considered a correct response, (c) receive a response to the stimulus from the user, wherein the user provides a response by touching a computer screen, and (d) determine whether the received response is correct for the stimulus by comparison of the response of the user to the stimuli to a database storing predetermined correct response, wherein a cognitive ability of the user is evaluated by comparison of the responses of the user to the stimuli to a predetermined correct response and the evaluation is displayed to a user interface or is stored in a database, - View Dependent Claims (31)
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