Physically intuitive response inhibition task for enhancing cognition

An apparatus for enhancing a cognitive ability of a user by increasing inhibitory control of the user comprising:

• a user computing device having a user interface display device and a user input device, the user computing device configured to:
• conduct, via a user interface display, a training session comprising a game configured to drive neurological changes of the user to increase inhibitory control and enhance cognition of the user having a plurality of trials delivered over a period of time comprising:
• compiling a plurality of components for delivery at a delivery location on the user interface display wherein a subset of the plurality of components for delivery form a final assembled item when assembled;
• presenting, via the user interface display, a plurality of component delivery locations wherein the plurality of component deliver locations combine to form an outline of an image of the final assembled item on the user interface display;
• delivering, via the user interface display, a component from the compiled plurality of components;
• receiving a selecting input or no input via the user input device in response to the delivered component;
• determining an accuracy of an existence of an input during the receiving step wherein the selecting input selecting the delivered component is correct when a delivery location corresponding to the delivered component is available on the user interface display and no input in response to the delivered component is correct when the delivery location corresponding to the delivered component is not available;
• repeating the steps of delivering, receiving, and determining the accuracy of the existence of input until each of the plurality of component delivery locations on the user interface display has received a delivered component;
• calculating a user response score from a correctness of the input received during the receiving steps;
• determining whether a next trial is presented;
• if the next trial is presented, modifying a trial difficulty based on a prior calculated user response score.

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:

• conducting a training session comprising a game configured to drive neurological changes of a user to increase inhibitory control and enhance cognition of the user having a plurality of trials delivered over a period of time comprising:
• compiling a plurality of components for delivery via the user interface display wherein a subset of the plurality of components form a final assembled item when assembled on the user interface display;
• presenting an assembly location on the user interface display;
• presenting a plurality of component delivery locations which combine to form an outline of components for the final assembled item on the user interface display;
• delivering a component from the compiled plurality of components on the user interface display;
• receiving a selecting input or declining input via a user interface in response to the delivered component;
• determining an accuracy of an existence of an input during the receiving step wherein the selecting input selecting the delivered component is correct when a delivery location corresponding to the delivered component is available and the declining input in response to the delivered component is correct when the delivery location corresponding to the delivered component is not available;
• repeating the steps of delivering, receiving, and determining the accuracy of the selection until each of the plurality of component delivery locations has a delivered component;
• calculating a user response score from a correctness of the input during the selecting step;
• determining whether a next trial is presented;
• if the next trial is presented, modifying a trial difficulty based on the calculated user response score.