Patent ID: 8197258

Claim:
A method for enhancing cognition in a participant, utilizing a computing device to present visual stimuli for training, and to record responses from the participant, the method comprising: providing a plurality of facial images of people, each person having a name, wherein the plurality of facial images are each available for visual presentation to the participant; performing a learning phase, comprising: presenting a first facial image of a person from the plurality of facial images; and presenting the name of the person concurrently with said presenting the first facial image; performing a testing phase, comprising: presenting a second facial image of the person, distinct from the first facial image in that the second facial image is a morphed image of the person, from the plurality of facial images; displaying a plurality of names, including the name of the person and one or more distracter names; requiring the participant to select the name of the person from the plurality of names; and the computing device determining whether the participant selected the name correctly; and repeating said performing the learning phase and said performing the testing phase one or more times in an iterative manner to improve the participant's cognition; wherein the use of a morphed second facial image, wherein the form and/or shape of the facial image is distorted, increases the difficulty of selecting the name of the facial image.