Psychological Testing or Teaching a Subject Using Subconscious Image Exposure
First Claim
1. A method of psychologically testing or subconsciously teaching a subject comprising:
- exposing the subject to an effective number of visual subconscious stimuli, same or different, displayed at different subconscious exposure time periods, wherein the different subconscious exposure time periods permit greater efficiency of testing or teaching than a single subconscious exposure time period.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a psychological method for testing or subconsciously teaching a subject. The method involves varying a subconscious exposure time period of a visual subconscious stimulus displayed to a subject in order to determine an effective subconscious exposure time period specific to the subject. To subconsciously test the subject, the method further uses a masking stimulus following the visual subconscious stimulus, both images having common image characteristics including brightness and contrast. The masking stimulus is made from scrambled subcomponents of the visual subconscious stimulus. The invention also describes an apparatus for psychological testing capable of varying a subconscious exposure time period of a visual subconscious stimulus displayed to a subject in order to determine an effective subconscious exposure time period specific to the subject. The apparatus also uses a mosaic generator to generate a masking stimulus from a visual subconscious stimulus.
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38 Claims
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1. A method of psychologically testing or subconsciously teaching a subject comprising:
exposing the subject to an effective number of visual subconscious stimuli, same or different, displayed at different subconscious exposure time periods, wherein the different subconscious exposure time periods permit greater efficiency of testing or teaching than a single subconscious exposure time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of psychologically testing or subconsciously teaching a subject comprising:
exposing the subject to different masking stimuli following different visual subconscious stimuli to obtain a reaction from the subject, each said visual subconscious stimulus and said following masking stimulus having substantially similar image characteristics comprising brightness and contrast. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus for psychologically testing a subject comprising:
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a controller operative to send visual subconscious stimuli at different subconscious exposure time periods to a display; a display connected to said controller and operative to display said visual subconscious stimuli to the subject; a reaction measurement unit operative to determine the subject'"'"'s reaction to said visual subconscious stimuli; a calculator connected to said reaction measurement unit and operative to determine an effective subconscious exposure time period specific to the subject. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for psychologically testing or subconsciously teaching a subject comprising:
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a controller operative to send a masking stimulus and a visual subconscious stimulus to a display; a display connected to said controller and operative to display said visual subconscious stimulus and said masking stimulus to the subject; a mosaic generator operative to generate said masking stimulus from said visual subconscious stimulus.
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36. An apparatus for psychologically testing a subject comprising:
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a controller operative to send a visual subconscious stimulus to a display; a display connected to said controller and operative to display said visual subconscious stimulus and said masking stimulus to the subject; a reaction measurement unit operative to determine the subject'"'"'s reaction to said visual subconscious stimulus; a response analyzer operative to evaluate errors in a suitable voluntary response made by the subject to determine an indication of a degree of fitness to respond under psychological stress for the subject.
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37. A method of psychologically testing a subject using measurement of a deviation in the subject'"'"'s voluntary response time to a conscious stimulus as a function of exposing the subject to a subconscious visual stimulus, said conscious stimulus containing visual information for the subject'"'"'s analysis to indicate a type of suitable voluntary response, said reaction being determined by said response time deviation and by errors in said suitable voluntary response made by the subject, the method comprising:
evaluating said errors to determine an indication of a degree of fitness to respond under psychological stress for the subject. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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