Method and apparatus for improving cognitive performance
AssigneeThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
InventorsMichael Kahana, Daniel S. Rizzuto
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Abstract
A method for delivering electrical stimulation to alter a cognitive state of a user, the method comprising: monitoring a brain signal from the user via one or more intracranial electrodes implanted in the brain of the user while the user is presented with a stimulus; comparing the brain signal to a testing phase biomarker, wherein the testing phase biomarker is derived from a cognitive test performed on a contributor during a testing phase; delivering electrical stimulation to a brain of the user based on the comparing step to steer the brain of the user towards a high performance cognitive state.
Claims11
A method for delivering stimulation to alter a cognitive state of a user, the method comprising:
- at an electrical stimulation device:
- monitoring a brain signal from the user;
- evaluating the cognitive state of the user by comparing the brain signal of the user with a testing phase biomarker, wherein the testing phase biomarker is derived from a cognitive test performed on a contributor during a testing phase;
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- delivering stimulation to a brain of the user based on the evaluating step to steer the brain of the user towards high performance cognitive state;
- wherein the testing phase biomarker is a representation of electrophysiological data and indicative of a high performance cognitive state of the user as determined based on a cognitive test performed on the contributor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.