Patent ID: 7186116

Claim:
A computer training system for improving the working memory capacity of a user who is using a computer within said system, the system comprising: a computer having means for presenting to said user via a presentation means a first task of a first difficulty level to a user; means for providing a delay of a predetermined period of time, and during said delay time said computer ignoring user answers and removing at least one of visual and audible stimuli associated with the presented task; means for receiving, via an input means, a user answer to a presented task; means for evaluating whether the answer is correct or incorrect; means for adapting the difficulty level a subsequent task to be presented, in accordance with predetermined adaptation rules and said evaluation; and means for presenting subsequent tasks until at least one of a predetermined time limited is exceeded and a predetermined number of tasks have been performed, such that the difficulty level of the subsequent task approaches a memory capacity of the user.