US 5,312,114 AGranted

Apparatus and method for enhancing decision-making

OwnerWarren M. Lipsoninventor

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Abstract

An apparatus and a method for enhancing decision-making using left to right to left hemisphere guidance includes a housing, two buttons which are coupled to the housing and four recording media with their respective instructions to a user. The first instruction is to think about a subject until an issue related to the subject comes to his mind, then to make a choice from alternatives of the issue and thereafter the user presses one of the two buttons to designate his choice of one of the alternatives of the issue. The second instruction is to look inside his head and ask himself if he is right while he is inclined to a new discovery. The third instruction is to see a picture of the subject in his head and while he is daydreaming the picture to listen for thoughts in his mind about how he is right, then to listen for thoughts in his mind about the other side of the issue, with both sides of the issue in his mind to listen for changes over a period of time. The fourth instruction is to verbalize his conclusions.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for enhancing decision making using left to right to left hemisphere guidance, said apparatus comprising:

a. a housing;
b. two buttons coupled to said housing wherein said two buttons are designated by a pair of opposite words from a group of pairs of opposite words consisting of positive and negative, good and bad, yes and no, know and do not know, accept and reject, right and wrong, like and dislike, should and should not, will and will not, can and can not, good and bad and good or bad, success and failure, this and that;
c. a first recording medium with an instruction to a user to think about a subject until an issue related to the subject comes to his mind, then to make a choice from alternatives of the issue whereby the user presses one of said two buttons to designate his choice of one of the alternatives of the issue;
d. a second recording medium with an instruction to the user to look inside his head and ask himself if he is right while he is inclined to a new discovery;
e. a third recording medium with an instruction to the user to see a picture of the subject in his head and while he is daydreaming the picture to listen for thoughts in his mind about how he is right, then to listen for thoughts in his mind about the other side of the issue, then with both sides of the issue in this mind to listen for changes over a period of time;
f. a fourth recording medium with an instruction to the user to verbalize at least one of his conclusions;
and
g. a voice playback device coupled to said housing, said voice playback device receives said first, second, third and fourth recording media in order to playback said instructions thereof.

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A combined video game and apparatus for enhancing decision-making using left to right to left hemisphere guidance, said combined video game and apparatus comprising:

a. a housing;
b. a video monitor disposed in said housing;
c. a computer electrically coupled to said video monitor;
d. software placed in said computer in order to form a video game;
e. a play button coupled to said computer;
f. a first recording medium with an instruction to a user to press said play button to present a preview of said video game, observe an object from said preview and put a picture of said object in his head;
g. a second recording medium with an instruction to the user to look at the picture in his head and while daydreaming said picture press said play button again in order to commence action in said video game;
and
h. a voice playback device coupled to said housing, said voice playback device receives said first and second recording media in order to playback said instructions thereof.

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A trainer for helping a child think a thought through to a balanced decision, said trainer comprising:

a. a housing having a front face of a mouth, nose, chin and two eyes, and a head composed of a drawing board and an opening lid;
b. at least two tooth disposed on said front face adjacent said mouth, a button adjacent the nose, and a button adjacent the chin whereby the trainer is turned on;
c. a first recording medium with an instruction to the child to open the head lid and draw or write about anything, then to push the nose button;
d. a second recording medium with an instruction to think about what the user has drawn or written about and to press one of said tooth buttons that best describes it;
e. a third recording medium with an instruction to the child to close said lid and then to look inside his head and ask himself if he is right, then to look at a picture of the subject in his head and while he is daydreaming the picture to listen for thoughts in his mind about how he is right, then to listen for thoughts in his mind about how he is not right, then with both sides of the issue in his mind to listen for changes over a period of time;
and
f. a fourth recording medium with an instruction to the user to verbalize at least one of his conclusions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.