Patent ID: 6884078

Claim:
A system for testing parietal lobe function in a subject comprising: means for displaying to a subject a first ordered array of objects having a variety of colors, each object having a unitary color; means for prompting the subject to name the object colors sequentially in order; means for comparing the named object colors with the correct object colors, and maintaining a count of errors in the named object colors; means for timing an interval taken by the subject to complete naming the object colors; means for comparing the color-naming error count and interval with a predetermined color-naming error count and interval, a color-naming error count and interval greater than the predetermined color-naming error count and interval indicative of a possible parietal lobe function deficiency; means for displaying to a subject a second ordered array of objects having a variety of shapes, each object having a unitary color; means for prompting the subject to name the object shapes sequentially in order; means for comparing the named object shapes with the correct object colors, and maintaining a count of errors in the named object shapes; means for timing an interval taken by the subject to complete naming the object shapes; means for comparing the shape-naming error count and interval with a predetermined shape-naming error count and interval, a shape-naming error count and interval greater than the predetermined shape-naming error count and interval indicative of a possible parietal lobe function deficiency.