Addressing aging-related cognitive decline via targeted training using visual sweeps: Key neurotech patent by Posit Science

By SharpBrains | May 15, 2017
visual sweeps

Today we are fea­tur­ing a 2012 patent by Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion, the devel­op­er of Brain­HQ cog­ni­tive train­ing sys­tem. U.S. Patent No. 8,215,961: Cog­ni­tive train­ing using visu­al sweeps Assignee(s): Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion Inventor(s): Michael M. Merzenich, Peter B. Delahunt, Joseph L. Hardy, Stephen G. Lis­berg­er, Hen­ry W. Mah­ncke Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Neu­rocog­ni­tive train­ing Issue Date: July 10, 2012…

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Researchers propose four “neurorights” to harness neurotechnology for good: cognitive liberty, mental privacy, mental integrity, and psychological continuity

By SharpBrains | April 28, 2017

— A new cat­e­go­ry of human rights: neu­ror­ights (Bio­Med Cen­tral): “Neu­ro­science pro­vides us with an insight into the men­tal process­es under­pin­ning human behav­ior: thanks to rapid advances in neu­rotech­nol­o­gy it is pos­si­ble to record, mon­i­tor, decode and mod­u­late the neur­al cor­re­lates of men­tal process­es with ever more accu­ra­cy. In this rapid­ly evolv­ing tech­no­log­i­cal scenario

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Enhancing cognition via brain training with a visual emphasis: Key neurotechnology patent #38

By SharpBrains | April 4, 2017
cognitive training

Today we high­light a 2010 patent assigned to Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion, the devel­op­er of Brain­HQ brain train­ing sys­tem. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patents, from old­er to new­er by issue date, to get a bet­ter glimpse into emerg­ing trends) U.S. Patent No. 7,773,097: Visu­al empha­sis for cog­ni­tive train­ing exer­cis­es Assignee(s): Posit Sci­ence Cor­po­ra­tion Inventor(s):…

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Neurocognitive ability EEG measurement method and system: Key Neurotech Patent #8

By SharpBrains | February 8, 2017
EEG-measurement

Today we are shar­ing a 2002 patent assigned to Sam Tech­nol­o­gy, Inc. U.S. Patent No. 6,434,419: Neu­rocog­ni­tive abil­i­ty EEG mea­sure­ment method and sys­tem Assignee(s): Sam Tech­nol­o­gy, Inc. Inventor(s): Alan S. Gevins, Michael E. Smith Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: EEG Issue Date: August 13, 2002 Sharp­Brains’ Take: The ‘419 patent describes sys­tems with the objec­tive of mea­sur­ing cog­ni­tive abil­i­ty through EEG sig­nal detection…

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Method for categorizing, describing and modeling types of system users: Key Neurotech Patent #7

By SharpBrains | February 6, 2017

Today we are shar­ing a 2002 patent assigned to AT&T Labs, Inc. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 6,405,159: Method for cat­e­go­riz­ing, describ­ing and mod­el­ing types of sys­tem users Assignee(s): AT&T Labs, Inc. Inventor(s): Robert R. Bushey, Jen­nifer M. Mauney Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: NeuroCognitive…

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Remote computer-implemented methods for cognitive testing: Key Neurotech Patent #4

By SharpBrains | February 3, 2017
remote computer testing

Today we are fea­tur­ing a 2001 patent orig­i­nal­ly assigned to Sci­en­tif­ic Learn­ing Corp, and now to Lumos Labs Inc. (As men­tioned, we are fea­tur­ing a foun­da­tion­al Per­va­sive Neu­rotech patent a day, from old­er to new­er by issue date) U.S. Patent No. 6,280,198: Remote com­put­er imple­ment­ed meth­ods for cog­ni­tive test­ing Assignee(s): Sci­en­tif­ic Learn­ing Corp; Lumos Labs Inc. Inventor(s): Barbara…

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