Autodidactic cognitive training device and method thereof

An autodidactic personalized memory training device comprising:

• at least a first input device and a second input device for receiving real-time sensor data of a subject during a memory exercise, the first input device comprising an electroencephalography (EEG) electrode for receiving real-time EEG sensor data from the subject during the memory exercise and the second input device comprising a video camera for receiving real-time visual information of the subject during the memory exercise, the real-time sensor data comprising the real-time EEG sensor data and the real-time visual information;
• a cognitive function evaluator adapted to receive the real-time sensor data from the at least the first input device and the second input device and determine whether the real-time sensor data includes predetermined information indicative of cognitive functions used for remembering, wherein a subject's cognitive functions used for remembering comprise immediate memory, visuospatial memory, attention memory and delayed memory, and wherein the memory exercise is configured for the cognitive function evaluator to evaluate in real-time at least two of the subject's cognitive functions used for remembering as the subject performs the memory exercise;
• an exercise device adapted to advance the memory exercise when it is determined that the real-time sensor data includes the predetermined information indicative of cognitive functions used for remembering, the exercise device comprising a calculating device adapted to calculate an objective cognitive assessment of the subject for determining memory functions of the subject in response to completion of the memory exercise within a predetermined time duration, the objective cognitive assessment of the subject measuring the subject's performance of the cognitive functions used for remembering as such performance varies during the memory exercise, wherein the calculating device is further adapted to calculate the objective cognitive assessment of the subject in response to the advancing of the memory exercise, time taken to complete the memory exercise and accuracy of the subject's performance of the memory exercise;
• a cognitive assessor coupled to the exercise device and operable to receive and assess the calculated objective cognitive assessment of the subject;
• an optimizer coupled to the cognitive assessor and adapted to store information, the information comprising the real-time sensor data and one or more parameters pertaining to the memory exercise;
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• a configurator coupled to the optimizer, the configurator adapted to configure the predetermined time duration for completion of the memory exercise and a complexity of the memory exercise in response to the received assessed objective cognitive assessment of the subject, the configurator revising the memory exercise to test for an adjusted set of the subject's cognitive functions used for remembering in response to the calculated objective cognitive assessment of the subject,
• wherein the cognitive assessor is adapted to transmit the assessed objective cognitive assessment of the subject to the optimizer.

A system for memory training comprising:

• an autodidactic personalized memory training device comprising:
• at least a first input device and a second input device for receiving real-time sensor data of a subject during a memory exercise, the first input device comprising an electroencephalography (EEG) electrode for receiving real-time EEG sensor data from the subject during the memory exercise and the second input device comprising a video camera for receiving real-time visual information of the subject during the memory exercise, the real-time sensor data comprising the real-time EEG sensor data and the real-time visual information;
• a cognitive function evaluator adapted to receive the real-time sensor data from the at least the first input device and the second input device and determine whether the real-time sensor data includes predetermined information indicative of cognitive functions used for remembering, wherein a subject's cognitive functions used for remembering comprise immediate memory, visuospatial memory, attention memory and delayed memory, and wherein the memory exercise is configured for the cognitive function evaluator to evaluate in real-time at least two of the subject's cognitive functions used for remembering as the subject performs the memory exercise;
• an exercise device adapted to advance the memory exercise when it is determined that the real-time sensor data includes the predetermined information indicative of cognitive functions used for remembering, the exercise device comprising a calculating device adapted to calculate an objective cognitive assessment of the subject for determining memory functions of the subject in response to completion of the memory exercise within a predetermined time duration, the objective cognitive assessment of the subject measuring the subject's performance of the cognitive functions used for remembering as such performance varies during the memory exercise, wherein the calculating device is further adapted to calculate the objective cognitive assessment of the subject in response to the advancing of the memory exercise, time taken to complete the memory exercise and accuracy of the subject's performance of the memory exercise;
• a cognitive assessor coupled to the exercise device and operable to receive and assess the calculated objective cognitive assessment of the subject;
• an optimizer coupled to the cognitive assessor and adapted to store information, the information comprising the real-time sensor data and one or more parameters pertaining to the memory exercise;
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• a configurator coupled to the optimizer, the configurator adapted to configure the predetermined time duration for completion of the memory exercise and a complexity of the memory exercise in response to the received assessed objective cognitive assessment of the subject, the configurator revising the memory exercise to test for an adjusted set of the subject's cognitive functions used for remembering in response to the calculated objective cognitive assessment of the subject,
• wherein the cognitive assessor is adapted to transmit the assessed objective cognitive assessment of the subject to the optimizer;
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• a server coupled to the autodidactic personalized memory training device and comprising a receiver operable to receive the objective cognitive assessment of the subject from the autodidactic personalized memory training device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for autodidactic personalized memory training, the computer readable medium having stored thereon computer program code which when executed by a computer causes the computer to perform at least the following:

• receiving real-time sensor data of a subject during a memory exercise, the real-time sensor data comprising electroencephalography (EEG) data from one or more EEG electrodes coupled to the subject during the memory exercise and visual data of the subject obtained from a video camera viewing the subject during the memory exercise;
• determining throughout the memory exercise whether the real-time sensor data obtained from the subject during the memory exercise includes predetermined information indicative of cognitive functions used for remembering, and wherein a subject's cognitive functions used for remembering comprises immediate memory, visuospatial memory, attention memory and delayed memory, and wherein the memory exercise is configured to evaluate in real-time at least two of the subject's cognitive functions used for remembering as the subject performs the memory exercise;
• advancing the memory exercise when it is determined that the real-time sensor data includes predetermined information indicative of the cognitive functions used for remembering;
• calculating an objective cognitive assessment of the subject for determining memory functions of the subject in response to completion of the memory exercise within a predetermined time duration, wherein the objective cognitive assessment of the subject measures the subject's performance of the cognitive functions used for remembering as such performance varies throughout the memory exercise and calculated in response to the advancing of the memory exercise, time taken to complete the memory exercise and accuracy of the subject's performance of the memory exercise;
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• revising the memory exercise to test for an adjusted set of the subject's cognitive functions used for remembering in response to the calculated objective cognitive assessment of the subject by reconfiguring the predetermined time duration for completion of the memory exercise and a complexity of the memory exercise in response to the objective cognitive assessment of the subject.