IMPROVING NEUROPERFORMANCE

• US 20150031010A1
• Filed: 04/11/2014
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aspen Performance Technologies
• Original Assignee: Aspen Performance Technologies
• Inventors: KULLOK, Jose Roberto, KULLOK, Saul
• Application Number:
  US14/251,116
• Publication Number:
  US 20150031010A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/362
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/08 Elderly
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4088 Diagnosing of monitoring cognitive diseases, e.g. Alzheimer, prion diseases or dementia
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

A method of promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject includes: selecting one or more serial order of symbols sequences from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences and providing the subject with one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences; prompting the subject to manipulate symbols within the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences or to discriminate differences or sameness between two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences; determining whether the subject correctly manipulated the symbols or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences; if the subject correctly manipulated the symbols or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences, then displaying the correct manipulations or discriminated selection with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute, to highlight the correct answer.

Claims

1. A method of promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject comprising:

a) selecting one or more serial order of symbols from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences and, from this selection, providing the subject with one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols;

b) prompting the subject, within an exercise, to manipulate symbols within the one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols or to discriminate differences or sameness between two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols, within a first predefined time interval;

c) determining whether the subject correctly manipulated the symbols or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols;

d) if the subject made an incorrect symbol manipulation or discrimination, then returning to step b);

e) if the subject correctly manipulated the symbols or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols, then displaying the correct manipulations or discriminated differences or sameness with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute, to highlight the symbols manipulations, difference or sameness;

f) repeating the above steps for a predetermined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

g) upon completion of the predetermined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of each iteration.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the symbols manipulation or discrimination of the incomplete serial orders of symbols by the subject are accomplished without invoking explicit awareness by the subject.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the selection of serial orders of symbols from the predefined library and the selection of incomplete serial orders of symbols from the selected serial orders, are done at random.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein serial order of symbols in the predefined library of complete serial order of symbols comprises set arrays with a predefined number of different symbols, each symbol having a predefined unique ordinal position and none of said different symbols are repeated within the set arrays of symbols, or are located at a different ordinal position within the set arrays of symbols.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined library of complete symbol sequences comprise alphabetic set arrays where the symbol of each member term is a single letter symbol, wherein the alphabetic set arrays where the symbol of each member term is a single letter comprise:

direct alphabetic set array;

inverse alphabetic set array;

direct type of alphabetic set array;

inverse type of alphabetic set array;

central type of alphabetic set array;

inverse central type alphabetic set array.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences contain at least one different attribute, between each of the two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the attribute that is different between the two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences is an attribute selected from the group including symbol color, symbol size, symbol font style, symbol spacing, symbol case, boldness of symbol, angle of symbol rotation, symbol mirroring, or combinations thereof.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences contain a plurality of different attributes between each of the two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein each attribute that is different between the two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols is an attribute selected from the group including symbol color, symbol size, symbol font style, letter symbol spacing, letter symbol case, boldness of letter symbol, angle of letter symbol rotation, letter symbol mirroring, or combinations thereof.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the manipulating or discriminating by the subject engages motor activity within the subject'"'"'s body, the motor activity selected from the group involved in the sensorial perception of the firsts selected serial orders of complete symbols and of the incomplete serial order of symbols, in the body movements to execute the manipulations or discriminations, and combinations thereof.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the body movements comprise movements selected from the group consisting of movements of the subject'"'"'s eyes, head, neck, arms, hands, fingers and combinations thereof.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a ruler in step a).

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the ruler is selected from the first selected serial orders of symbols, from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences, which includes two or more complete serial orders of symbols of the group comprising:

direct alphabetic set array;

inverse alphabetic set array;

direct type of alphabetic set array;

inverse type of alphabetic set array;

central type of alphabetic set array; and

inverse central type alphabetic set array.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined number of iterations ranges from 1-23 iterations.

15. A computer program product for promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject, stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium which when executed causes a computer system to perform a method, comprising:

a) selecting one or more serial order of symbols sequences from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences and, from this selection, providing the subject with one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences;

b) prompting the subject, within an exercise, to manipulate symbols within the one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences or to discriminate differences or sameness between two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences, within a first predefined time interval;

c) determining whether the subject correctly manipulated the symbols or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more further selected incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences;

d) if the subject made an incorrect manipulation within the one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences or discrimination about differences or sameness between the two or more of the incomplete serial order of symbols sequences, then returning to step b);

e) if the subject correctly manipulated the symbols within the one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences, then displaying the correct symbols manipulations or discriminated differences or sameness with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute, to highlight the manipulations, difference or sameness;

f) repeating the above steps for a predetermined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

g) upon completion of the predetermined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of each iteration.

16. A system for promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject, the system comprising:

a computer system comprising a processor, memory, and a graphical user interface (GUI), the processor containing instructions for;

a) selecting one or more serial order of symbols sequences from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences and, from this selection, providing the subject with one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences on the GUI;

b) prompting the subject, within an exercise, to manipulate symbols sequences within the one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences or to discriminate differences or sameness between two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences on the GUI, within a first predefined time interval;

c) determining whether the subject correctly manipulated the symbols within the one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more further selected incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences;

d) if the subject made an incorrect manipulation within the one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences or discrimination about differences or sameness between the two or more of the incomplete serial order of symbols sequences, then returning to step b);

e) if the subject correctly manipulated the symbols within the one or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences or correctly discriminated differences or sameness between the two or more of the incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences, then displaying the correct manipulations or discriminated differences or sameness on the GUI with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute, to highlight the manipulations, discriminated difference or sameness;

f) repeating the above steps for a predetermined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

g) upon completion of the predetermined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of each iteration on the GUI.

17. A method of promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject comprising:

a) selecting a serial order of symbols sequence from a predefined library of complete symbol sequences, and further selecting and providing the subject with an incomplete serial order of symbols sequence from the selected complete serial order of symbols, wherein all symbols in the incomplete serial order of symbols sequence have the same spatial or time perceptual related attributes;

b) prompting the subject to select, in a first predefined time interval, the symbol corresponding to the next ordinal position in the sequence of the provided incomplete serial order of symbols, from a given list of symbols as potential answers showed to the subject;

c) if the symbol selection made by the subject is a correct symbol selection, then displaying the correctly selected symbol with an spatial or time perceptual related attribute different than symbols spatial or time perceptual related attributes of the incomplete serial order of symbols in step a);

d) if the symbol selection made by the subject is an incorrect symbol selection, then returning to step b);

e) repeating the above steps for a predefined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

f) upon completion of a predefined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of all iterations.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein first selection of the serial order of symbols sequence is done at random, from predefined complete serial order of symbols sequences of the library, and further selection of the incomplete serial order of symbols sequence is done also at random, from predefined number of symbols and predefined ordinal positions of these symbols, in the previously selected complete serial order of symbols sequence.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the library of complete symbols sequences comprise alphabetic set arrays wherein each member term is a single letter symbol, comprising:

direct alphabetic set array;

inverse alphabetic set array;

direct type of alphabetic set array;

inverse type of alphabetic set array;

central type of alphabetic set array;

inverse central type alphabetic set array.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein a change in attribute of the correctly selected symbol is selected from the group of spatial and time perceptual related attributes, or combinations thereof.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the change in attributes is done according to predefined correlations between space and time perceptual related attributes, and the ordinal position of those letter symbols in the selected complete serial order of symbols of step a).

22. The method of claim 17, wherein each member term of the first selected complete serial order of symbols sequence is provided as a single letter symbol.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein the further selected incomplete serial order of symbols sequence comprises consecutive member terms of letter symbols.

24. The method of claim 17, wherein the further selected incomplete serial order of symbols sequence comprises non-consecutive member terms of letter symbols.

25. The method of claim 17, wherein the sequence length of the further selected incomplete serial order of symbols sequence comprises 2-6 symbols of the first selected complete serial order of symbols.

26. The method of claim 17, wherein the selecting by the subject of the next symbols according to step b), engages motor activity within the subject'"'"'s body, the motor activity selected from the group involved in the sensorial perception of the selected serial orders of symbols, and in the body movements involved in prompting the subject according to step b), and combinations thereof.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the body movements comprise movements selected from the group consisting of movements of the subject'"'"'s eyes, head, neck, arms, hands, fingers and combinations thereof.

28. The method of claim 17, further comprising providing a ruler in step a).

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the ruler is selected from the group including direct alphabetic set array;

inverse alphabetic set array;

direct type of alphabetic set array;

inverse type of alphabetic set array;

central type of alphabetic set array; and

inverse central type alphabetic set array.

30. A computer program product for promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject, stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium which when executed causes a computer system to perform a method, comprising:

a) selecting a serial order of symbols from a predefined library of complete symbol sequences, and further selecting and providing to the subject with an incomplete serial order of symbols sequence from the selected complete serial order of symbols, wherein all symbols in the incomplete serial order of symbols have the same spatial or time perceptual related attributes;

b) prompting the subject to select, in a first predefined time interval, the symbol corresponding to the next ordinal position in the sequence of the provided incomplete serial order of symbols, from a given list of symbols as potential answers showed to the subject;

c) if the symbol selection made by the subject is a correct symbol selection, then displaying the correctly selected symbol with an spatial or time perceptual related attribute different than spatial or time perceptual related attributes of the incomplete serial order of symbols sequence in step a);

d) if the symbol selection made by the subject is an incorrect symbol selection, then returning to step b);

e) repeating the above steps for a predefined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

f) upon completion of a predefined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of all iterations.

31. A system for promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject, the system comprising:

a computer system comprising a processor, memory, and a graphical user interface (GUI), the processor containing instructions for;

a) selecting a serial order of symbols from a predefined library of complete symbol sequences, and further selecting and providing to the subject an incomplete serial order of symbols sequence from the selected complete serial order of symbols, wherein all symbols in the incomplete serial order of symbols sequence have the same spatial or time perceptual related attributes;

b) prompting the subject on the GUI to select, in a first predefined time interval, the symbol corresponding to the next ordinal position in the provided sequence of incomplete serial order of symbols, from a given list of symbols as potential answers showed to the subject;

c) if the symbol selection made by the subject is a correct symbol selection, then displaying the correctly selected symbol on the GUI with an spatial or time perceptual related attribute different than spatial or time perceptual related attributes of the incomplete serial order of symbols sequence in step a);

d) if the symbol selection made by the subject is an incorrect symbol selection, then returning to step b);

e) repeating the above steps for a predefined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

f) upon completion of a predefined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of all iterations on the GUI.

32. A method of promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject comprising:

a) selecting a pair of serial order of symbols from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences, and providing the subject with two sequences of symbols, one from each of the pair of selected serial order of symbols, wherein a predefined number of symbols and selected ordinal positions of symbols are the same in the two provided sequences of symbols;

b) prompting the subject to select, within a first predefined time interval, whether the two provided sequences of symbols are the same, or different in at least one of their spatial or time perceptual related attributes, and displaying the selection;

c) if the selection made by the subject is an incorrect selection, then returning to step a);

d) if the selection made by the subject is a correct selection and the correct selection is that the two provided sequences of symbols are the same, then displaying the correct selection and indicating that the two sequences of symbols are the same by a change in at least one spatial or time perceptual related attribute in both sequences of symbols;

e) if the selection made by the subject is a correct selection and the correct selection is that the two provided sequences of symbols are different, then displaying the correct selection and indicating that the two sequences of symbols are different by a change in at least one spatial or time perceptual related attribute of only one sequence of symbols, to highlight the difference between the two sequences of symbols;

f) repeating the above steps for a predetermined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

g) upon completion of the predetermined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of each iteration.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the selection of the two serial orders of symbols is done at random, from predefined complete sequences of symbols of the said library, and selection of the two sequences of symbols provided to the said subject is done also at random, from same predefined number of symbols and same predefined ordinal positions of these symbols, in the two previously selected serial order of symbols.

34. The method of claim 32, wherein the library of complete symbols sequences comprise alphabetic set arrays wherein each member term is a single letter symbol, comprising:

direct alphabetic set array;

inverse alphabetic set array;

direct type of alphabetic set array;

inverse type of alphabetic set array;

central type of alphabetic set array;

inverse central type alphabetic set array.

35. The method of claim 32, wherein the two provided sequences of symbols comprise symbol sequences of consecutive member terms.

36. The method of claim 32, wherein the two provided sequences of symbols comprise symbol sequences of non-consecutive member terms.

37. The method of claim 32, wherein the two provided sequences of symbols are different, and the difference between the two provided sequences of symbols comprises at least one difference selected from the group of spatial or time perceptual related attributes, or combinations thereof.

38. The method of claim 32, wherein each of the two provided sequences of symbols comprises 2-7 member symbols terms.

39. The method of claim 32, where any changed attribute of the correct answer in steps d) and e), is selected from the group of spatial or time perceptual related attributes, or combinations thereof.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein the change in attributes is done according to predefined correlations between space and time related attributes, and the ordinal position of those letter symbols in the selected complete serial orders of symbols of step a).

41. The method of claim 32, wherein the selecting by the subject in step b) engages motor activity within the subject'"'"'s body, the motor activity selected from the group involved in the sensorial perception of the selected serial orders and of the two provided sequences of symbols, and in the body movements involved in prompting the subject according to step b), and combinations thereof.

42. The method of claim 41, wherein the body movements comprise movements selected from the group consisting of movements of the subject'"'"'s eyes, head, neck, arms, hands, fingers and combinations thereof.

43. The method of claim 32, further comprising providing a ruler in step a).

44. The method of claim 43, wherein the ruler is selected from the group including direct alphabetic set array;

inverse alphabetic set array;

direct type of alphabetic set array;

inverse type of alphabetic set array;

central type of alphabetic set array; and

inverse central type alphabetic set array.

45. A computer program product for promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject, stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium which when executed causes a computer system to perform a method, comprising:

a) selecting a pair of serial order of symbols sequences from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences and providing the subject with two sequences of symbols, one from each of the pair of selected serial order of symbols, wherein a predefined number of symbols and selected ordinal positions of symbols are the same in the two provided sequences of symbols;

b) prompting the subject to select, within a first predefined time interval, whether the two provided sequences of symbols are the same, or different in at least one of their spatial or time perceptual related attributes, and displaying the selection;

c) if the selection whether the two provided sequences of symbols are the same, or different in at least one of their spatial or time perceptual related attributes made by the subject is an incorrect selection, then returning to step a);

d) if the selection made by the subject is a correct selection and the correct selection is that the two provided sequences of symbols are the same, then displaying the correct selection and indicating that the two provided sequences of symbols are the same by a change in at least one spatial or time perceptual related attribute in both provided sequences of symbols;

e) if the selection made by the subject is a correct selection and the correct selection is that the two provided sequences of symbols are different, then displaying the correct selection and indicating that the two provided sequences of symbols are different by a change in at least one spatial or time perceptual related attribute of only one provided sequence of symbols to highlight the difference between the two provided sequences of symbols;

f) repeating the above steps for a predetermined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

g) upon completion of the predetermined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of each iteration.

46. A system for promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject, the system comprising:

a computer system comprising a processor, memory, and a graphical user interface (GUI), the processor containing instructions for;

a) selecting a pair of serial order of symbols sequences from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences and providing the subject with two sequences of symbols, one from each of the pair of selected serial order of symbols, wherein a predefined number of symbols and selected ordinal positions of symbols are the same in the two provided sequences of symbols;

b) prompting the subject on the GUI to select, within a first predefined time interval, whether the two provided sequences of symbols are the same, or different in at least one of their spatial or time perceptual related attributes, and displaying the selection;

c) if the selection whether the two provided sequences of symbols are the same, or different in at least one of their spatial or time perceptual related attributes made by the subject is an incorrect selection, then returning to step a);

d) if the selection made by the subject is a correct selection and the correct selection is that the two provided sequences of symbols are the same, then displaying the correct selection on the GUI and indicating that the two provided sequences of symbols are the same by a change in at least one spatial or time perceptual related attribute in both sequences of symbols;

e) if the selection made by the subject is a correct selection and the correct selection is that the two provided sequences of symbols are different, then displaying the correct selection on the GUI and indicating that the two provided sequences of symbols are different by a change in at least one spatial or time perceptual related attribute of only one provided sequence of symbols to highlight the difference between the two provided sequences of symbols;

f) repeating the above steps for a predetermined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

g) upon completion of the predetermined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of each iteration on the GUI.

47. A method of promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject comprising:

a) selecting a serial order of symbols having the same spatial or time perceptual related attributes, from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences, and providing the subject with an incomplete serial order of symbols sequence from the selected complete serial order of symbols, wherein this selected complete serial order of symbols is provided as a ruler to the subject;

b) prompting the subject to insert, in the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence, missing symbols obtained from the given ruler within a first predefined time interval, complete the incomplete serial order of symbols sequence and form a completed serial order of symbols sequence;

c) if at least one insertion of a missing symbol from the given ruler made by the subject is an incorrect insertion, then returning to step a);

d) if the insertions of missing symbols from the given ruler made by the subject are all correct insertions, then displaying the correctly inserted missing symbols with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute than the rest of the symbols in the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence;

e) repeating the above steps for a predetermined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

f) upon completion of the predetermined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of each iteration.

48. The method of claim 47, wherein the library of complete symbols sequences comprise alphabetic set arrays wherein each member term is a single letter symbol, comprising:

direct alphabetic set array;

inverse alphabetic set array;

direct type of alphabetic set array;

inverse type of alphabetic set array;

central type of alphabetic set array;

inverse central type alphabetic set array.

49. The method of claim 48, wherein the complete serial order of symbols sequence is selected from the group consisting of direct alphabetic set array, direct type of alphabetic set array, and central type of alphabetic set array, and where the number of symbols missing in the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence comprises 2-7 symbols.

50. The method of claim 49, wherein the number of missing symbols in the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence is between 3 and 5 symbols.

51. The method of claim 48, wherein the complete serial order of symbols sequence is selected from the group consisting of inverse alphabetic set array, inverse type of alphabetic set array, and inverse central type of alphabetic set array, and the number of symbols missing in the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence comprises 2-5 symbols.

52. The method of claim 51, wherein the number of missing symbols in the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence is between 3 or 4 symbols.

53. The method of claim 47, wherein the changed attribute of the correctly inserted missing letter symbol is selected from the group of spatial or time perceptual related attributes, and combinations thereof.

54. The method of claim 53, wherein the change in attributes is done according to predefined correlations between space and time related attributes, and the ordinal position of those letter symbols in the selected complete serial order of symbols of step a).

55. The method of claim 47, wherein the inserting of missing symbols from the given ruler by the subject engages motor activity within the subject'"'"'s body, the motor activity selected from the group involved in the sensorial perception of the selected complete and incomplete serial orders sequences, in the body movements to execute insertion of the missing symbols, and combinations thereof.

56. The method of claim 55, wherein the body movements comprise movements selected from the group consisting of movements of the subject'"'"'s eyes, head, neck, arms, hands, fingers and combinations thereof.

57. The method of claim 47, wherein the complete serial order of symbols sequence in the given ruler is selected from the group including direct alphabetic set array;

inverse alphabetic set array;

direct type of alphabetic set array;

inverse type of alphabetic set array;

central type of alphabetic set array; and

inverse central type alphabetic set array.

58. The method of claim 47, wherein the predetermined number of iterations ranges from 1-23 iterations.

59. A computer program product for promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject, stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium which when executed causes a computer system to perform a method, comprising:

a) selecting a serial order of symbols sequence having the same spatial or time perceptual related attributes, from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences, and providing the subject with an incomplete serial order of symbols sequence from the selected complete serial order of symbols sequence, wherein this selected complete serial order of symbols sequence is provided as a ruler to the subject;

b) within a first predefined time interval, prompting the subject to insert missing symbols from the given ruler, in the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence, to complete the incomplete serial order of symbols sequence and form a completed serial order of symbols sequence;

c) if at least one missing symbol insertion made by the subject is an incorrect missing symbol insertion, then returning to step a);

d) if the insertions of missing symbols made by the subject are all correct missing symbols insertions, then displaying the correctly inserted symbols with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute than the rest of the symbols in the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence;

e) repeating the above steps for a predetermined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

f) upon completion of the predetermined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of each iteration.

60. A system for promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject, the system comprising:

a computer system comprising a processor, memory, and a graphical user interface (GUI), the processor containing instructions for;

a) selecting a serial order of symbols sequence having the same spatial or time perceptual related attributes, from a predefined library of complete symbols sequences, and providing the subject with an incomplete serial order of symbols sequence from the selected complete serial order of symbols sequence on the GUI, wherein this selected complete serial order of symbols sequence is provided as a ruler to the subject;

b) prompting the subject on the GUI to insert in the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence within a first predefined time interval, missing symbols from the given ruler, to complete the incomplete serial order of symbols sequence and form a completed serial order of symbols sequence;

c) if at least one missing symbol insertion made by the subject is an incorrect missing symbol insertion, then returning to step a);

d) if the insertions of missing symbols made by the subject are all correct insertions of missing symbols, then displaying the correctly inserted symbols on the GUI with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute than the rest of the symbols in the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence;

e) repeating the above steps for a predetermined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

f) upon completion of the predetermined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of each iteration on the GUI.

61. A method of promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject comprising:

a) selecting a serial order of symbols sequence from a predefined library of complete symbol sequences with a predefined number of N consecutive different symbols having the same spatial or time perceptual related attributes, and further selecting a plurality of incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences with less than the predefined number of N consecutive different symbols, from the selected complete serial order of symbols sequences;

b) providing the subject with one incomplete serial order of different symbols in a sequence, from the selected plurality of incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences;

c) prompting the subject to select, within a first predefined time interval, two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences among the remaining selected plurality of incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences, in order to contiguously complete the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence of step b) to form a completed serial order of symbols sequence having a predefined number of N consecutive different symbols;

d) if at least one contiguous incomplete symbols sequence selection made by the subject is an incorrect selection, then returning to step c);

e) if the two or more contiguous incomplete symbols sequences selections made by the subject are all correct contiguous incomplete symbols sequences selections, then displaying the obtained completed serial order of symbols sequence, wherein the correctly selected contiguous incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences are displayed with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute than the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence of step b);

f) repeating the above steps for a predetermined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

g) upon completion of the predetermined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of each iteration.

62. The method of claim 61, wherein selection of the complete serial order of different symbols is done at random, from predefined complete serial orders of symbols of the said library, and selection of the plurality of incomplete serial order of symbols sequences is done also at random, from predefined numbers of consecutive different symbol members and predefined ordinal positions of these different symbols members in the previously selected complete serial order of symbols sequence.

63. The method of claim 61, wherein the predefined number N of consecutive different symbols, is an integer between 9 and 35.

64. The method of claim 61, wherein the library of complete symbols sequences comprise alphabetic set arrays wherein each member term is a single different letter symbol, comprising:

direct alphabetic set array;

inverse alphabetic set array;

direct type of alphabetic set array;

inverse type of alphabetic set array;

central type of alphabetic set array;

inverse central type alphabetic set array.

65. The method of claim 64, wherein the complete serial order of symbols sequence is selected from the group consisting of direct alphabetic set array, direct type of alphabetic set array, and central type of alphabetic set array, and the number of symbols of the further selected incomplete serial order of symbols sequence of step b) comprises 2-7 symbols.

66. The method of claim 65, wherein the number of symbols of the further selected incomplete serial order of symbols sequence of step b) is between 3 and 5 symbols.

67. The method of claim 64, wherein the complete serial order of symbols sequence is selected from the group consisting of inverse alphabetic set array, inverse type of alphabetic set array, and inverse central type of alphabetic set array, and the number of symbols of the further selected incomplete serial order of symbols sequence of step b) comprises 2-4 symbols.

68. The method of claim 67, wherein the number of symbols of the further selected incomplete serial order of symbols sequence of step b) is 3 or 4 symbols.

69. The method of claim 61, wherein the plurality of selected incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences, comprises symbols sequences of 2-12 consecutive symbols.

70. The method of claim 69, wherein the plurality of selected incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences, comprises symbols sequences of 6-10 consecutive symbols.

71. The method of claim 61, wherein selecting a plurality of serial orders of symbols sequences with less than a predefined number of N consecutive different symbols, comprise selecting 8-17 serial orders of these symbols sequences.

72. The method of claim 71, wherein selecting a plurality of serial orders of symbols sequences comprise selecting 10-13 serial orders of these symbols sequences.

73. The method of claim 61, wherein the changed attribute of the correctly selected contiguous incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences is selected from the group of spatial and temporal perceptual related attributes, and combinations thereof.

74. The method of claim 73, wherein the change in attributes is done according to predefined correlations between space and time related attributes, and the ordinal position of those letter symbols in the selected complete serial order of symbols of step a).

75. The method of claim 61, wherein the selecting by the subject engages motor activity within the subject'"'"'s body, the motor activity selected from the group involved in the sensorial perception of the selected incomplete serial order of symbols sequences from the selected complete serial order of symbols sequence and of the plurality of incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences, and in the body movements involved in prompting the subject in step c), and combinations thereof.

76. The method of claim 75, wherein the body movements comprise movements selected from the group consisting of movements of the subject'"'"'s eyes, head, neck, arms, hands, fingers and combinations thereof.

77. The method of claim 61, further comprising providing a ruler in step a).

78. The method of claim 77, wherein the ruler is selected from the group including:

direct alphabetic set array;

inverse alphabetic set array;

direct type of alphabetic set array;

inverse type of alphabetic set array;

central type of alphabetic set array;

inverse central type alphabetic set array.

79. The method of claim 61, wherein the predetermined number of iterations ranges from 1-23 iterations.

80. A computer program product for promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject, stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium which when executed causes a computer system to perform a method, comprising:

a) selecting a serial order of symbols sequence from a predefined library of complete symbol sequences with a predefined number of N consecutive different symbols having the same spatial or time perceptual related attributes, and further selecting a plurality of incomplete serial orders with less than the predefined number of N consecutive different symbol members, from the selected complete serial order of symbols sequences;

b) providing the subject with one incomplete serial order of different symbols in a sequence, from the selected plurality of incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences;

c) prompting the subject to select, within a first predefined time interval, two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences among the remaining plurality of incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences, in order to contiguously complete the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence of step b) to form a completed serial order of symbols sequence having a predefined number of N consecutive different symbols;

d) if at least one contiguous incomplete symbols sequence selection made by the subject is an incorrect selection, then returning to step c);

e) if the two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences selections made by the subject are all correct contiguous incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences selections, then displaying the obtained completed serial order of symbols sequence, wherein the correctly selected contiguous incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences are displayed with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute than in the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence of step b);

f) repeating the above steps for a predetermined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

g) upon completion of the predetermined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of each iteration.

81. A system for promoting fluid intelligence abilities in a subject, the system comprising:

a computer system comprising a processor, memory, and a graphical user interface (GUI), the processor containing instructions for;

a) selecting a serial order of symbols sequence from a predefined library of complete symbol sequences with a predefined number of N consecutive different symbols having the same spatial or time perceptual related attributes, and further selecting a plurality of incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences with less than N consecutive different symbol members, from the selected complete serial order of symbols sequence;

b) providing the subject on the GUI with one incomplete serial order of different symbols in a sequence from the selected plurality of incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences;

c) prompting the subject on the GUI to select, within a first predefined time interval, two or more incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences among the remaining plurality of incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences, in order to contiguously complete the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence of step b) to form a completed serial order of symbols sequence having N consecutive different symbols;

d) if at least one contiguous incomplete symbols sequence selection made by the subject is an incorrect selection, then returning to step c);

e) if the two or more contiguous incomplete symbols sequences selections made by the subject are all correct contiguous incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences selections, then displaying the obtained completed serial order of symbols sequence on the GUI, wherein the correctly selected contiguous incomplete serial orders of symbols sequences are displayed with at least one different spatial or time perceptual related attribute than the provided incomplete serial order of symbols sequence of step b);

f) repeating the above steps for a predetermined number of iterations separated by one or more predefined time intervals; and

g) upon completion of the predetermined number of iterations, providing the subject with the results of each iteration on the GUI.