Biofeedback game

A cool-under-pressure biofeedback game in which a target player is assailed by questions put to him by an inquisitor player calculated to induce stress by embarrassing or otherwise upsetting the target player and causing him to lose his cool, said game comprising:

• (a) a biofeedback unit coupled to the target player to monitor an involuntary psychological function and to indicate the target player's state of stress at the start of play;
• (b) means to present to the inquisitor player a subject matter category requiring that any question he puts to the target player lie within this category;
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• (c) zero setting means included in the unit to establish a base level reflecting the initial state of stress of the target player at the start of play and indicating means to indicate the base level and degree to which the target player's stress in reaction to the question deviates in one direction from the base level should the target player be unable to exercise control over his reaction and in another direction should the target player succeed in exercising such control, said unit including an analyzer to measure the reaction of the target player to a series of questions put to him by the inquisitor player to determine, as to each of these questions, the degree to which the target player has succeeded in exercising control over his reaction thereto or has failed to exercise control, the analyzer including means for awarding score points to the target player whose number depends on his degree of success and means for awarding score points to the inquisitor player whose number depends on the target player's degree of failure, the total number of points scored by the target player relative to the number scored by the inquisitor player in response to said series of questions determining the outcome of the game.