Patent ID: 7024398

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for alleviating an abnormal behavior for a human subject, the computer-implemented method employing a computer-based apparatus associated with one or more peripheral devices, the computer-implemented method comprising: presenting to the subject, using the computer-based apparatus, one of a set of computer-implemented stimuli, tasks, and exercises that are exercises that are configured to expedite neurochemical change in the subject wherein the exercises are configured to increase expression of dopamine in the subject; presenting, using the computer-based apparatus, a computer-implemented stimuli including context related to the abnormal behavior, wherein the one of the set of computer-implemented stimuli, tasks, and exercises is presented in the range of about 10 milliseconds to about 2000 milliseconds before the stimuli including context related to the abnormal behavior is presented; and altering, using the computer-based apparatus, the computer-implemented stimuli including context related to the abnormal behavior, wherein the altering of the stimuli including context facilitates alleviating the abnormal behavior.