Patent ID: 7303399

Claim:
A method for assessing inhibitory control in a subject comprising the steps of: displaying to a subject an array of objects within a predefined class, each object having one of a plurality of features within the predefined class, each of the features having an alternate feature thereof; directing the subject to name, in order, each of the object features; tracking a time and an accuracy of subject naming of the object features; directing the subject to name, in order, an alternate to each of the object features; tracking a time and an accuracy of subject naming of the alternate object features; directing the subject to name, in order, for a first subset of the objects, an alternate to each of the object features, and, for a second subset of the objects comprising objects not in the first subset, each of the object features; tracking a naming time and an accuracy of subject naming of the first subset alternate features and of the second subset features; and using the tracked namings and times, assessing an inhibitory control of the subject.