Patent ID: 7367807

Claim:
A method for improving symbol processing skills, comprising: providing a first eye movement activity wherein a user responds to a display of visual flash stimuli by verbalizing at least a portion of the visual flash stimuli during the eye movement activity by: displaying a first series of visual flash stimuli to the user, the first series of visual flash stimuli comprising word prefixes and suffixes, wherein a selected prefix is flashed on one side of a display screen and a selected suffix is flashed on the other side of the display screen; displaying a second series of visual flash stimuli to the user, the second series of visual flash stimuli comprising word roots, wherein a first selected word root is flashed on the one side of a display screen and a second selected word root is flashed on the other side of the display screen; and displaying a third series of visual flash stimuli to the user, the third series of visual flash stimuli comprising words that include the word prefixes, suffixes and roots, wherein a first selected word that comprises the selected prefix and the first selected word root is flashed on the one side of a display screen and a second selected word that comprises the selected suffix and the second selected word root is flashed on the other side of the display screen; providing a letter flash activity wherein the user responds to a display of letters by inputting the letters displayed into a computer system; if the user achieves a predetermined success threshold for the letter flash activity, then proceeding to provide a word flash activity that displays the words, wherein the user responds to a display of words by inputting the words into the computer system; and providing a second eye movement activity by: displaying each word along with a definition for the word; and displaying each words along with a sentence that uses the word.