Patent ID: 7326060

Claim:
A method of self-directed assessing and training a user's visual skills, comprising the acts of: (a) using a computer program for use with a computer and a monitor, the computer program having a visual tracking computer routine, said visual tracking routine showing a directional indicator on the monitor pointing in a direction selected from the group of: up, down, left and right; said directional indicator appearing and thereafter disappearing on said monitor a series of times; said visual tracking routine further having said directional indicator appear at random locations on said monitor and pointing in a variety of directions in said series; (b) the user interacting with said computer with a response control comprising arrows up, down, left and right on a keyboard, joystick and/or a game controller; (c) the user selecting one of said arrows on said control following each appearance of said directional indicator; (d) said visual tracking routine timing the reaction times from an appearance and/or disappearance of said first directional indicator until the user's subsequent response with said response control, said visual tracking routine data storing both said reaction times and the response accuracy of selecting directional indicators that correspond to said up, down, left and right series of directional indicators; and (e) showing feedback on the monitor to said self-directed user based on said reaction times and said accuracy of the user's having selected directional indicators.