Method for enhancing memory and cognition in aging adults
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for enhancing memory and cognition in adults with impaired memory and cognition relative to a young healthy state, utilizing a computing device to present stimuli and to record responses, the method comprising:
- presenting a stimulus to a user, wherein the user is an adult with impaired memory and cognition relative to a young healthy state;
recording a response of the user to the stimulus;
repeating said presenting and said recording a first specified number of times;
increasing difficulty of the stimulus if the user achieves a specified level of success;
decreasing the difficulty of the stimulus if the user does not achieve the specified level of success;
repeating said presenting, said recording, said repeating, said increasing, and said decreasing, a second specified number times to improve the memory and cognition of the adult.
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Abstract
A method on a computing device is provided for enhancing the memory and cognitive ability of an older adult by requiring the adult to listen to two or more aurally processed syllables, presented serially, view the syllables graphically, and then designate the order in which the syllables were aurally presented. A number of trials are presented to the adult. As the adult correctly determines the syllable order in trials, the difficulty of the trials is increased by increasing the number of syllables presented, and by reducing the amount of processing that is applied to the syllables.
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1. A computer-implemented method for enhancing memory and cognition in adults with impaired memory and cognition relative to a young healthy state, utilizing a computing device to present stimuli and to record responses, the method comprising:
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presenting a stimulus to a user, wherein the user is an adult with impaired memory and cognition relative to a young healthy state;
recording a response of the user to the stimulus;
repeating said presenting and said recording a first specified number of times;
increasing difficulty of the stimulus if the user achieves a specified level of success;
decreasing the difficulty of the stimulus if the user does not achieve the specified level of success;
repeating said presenting, said recording, said repeating, said increasing, and said decreasing, a second specified number times to improve the memory and cognition of the adult. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer accessible memory medium comprising program instructions for enhancing memory and cognition in adults with impaired memory and cognition relative to a young healthy state, utilizing a computing device to present stimuli and to record responses, wherein the program instructions are executable to implement:
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presenting a stimulus to a user, wherein the user is an adult with impaired memory and cognition relative to a young healthy state;
recording a response of the user to the stimulus;
repeating said presenting and said recording a first specified number of times;
increasing difficulty of the stimulus if the user achieves a specified level of success;
decreasing the difficulty of the stimulus if the user does not achieve the specified level of success;
repeating said presenting, said recording, said repeating, said increasing, and said decreasing, a second specified number times to improve the memory and cognition of the adult. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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