Patent ID: 8805489
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying a personal meaning of a stimulus to an examinee, wherein said personal meaning is conscious or unconscious to said examinee, the method comprising: exposing said examinee to at least one stimulus; providing a measuring system capable of measuring Electro-Encephalo-Graphy (“EEG”), including at least one recording electrode; measuring EEG signals using said measuring system; providing a processor to process EEG; processing the measured EEG using said processor to process EEG, extracting Event Related Potentials (“ERP”) in response to a stimulus that is presented to said examine; determining whether at least one predefined pattern can be identified in said ERP in response to said stimulus, wherein the predefined pattern is characterized by at least one of: inferring the personal meaning of said stimulus to said examinee based on the identification of said at least one predefined pattern in said ERP, wherein said personal meaning is selected from a group consisting of: positive personal emotional meaning, negative personal emotional meaning, and person passion.