52 results about "Cognitive development" patented technology

A server-based video game system maintains a number of video game characters having computer-simulated genetic (“digenetic”) structures that prescribe a number of physical and cognitive performance traits and characteristics for the video game characters. The system allows end users to establish remote online access to the game characters (via, e.g., the Internet). The results of competitions and training activities are based upon the game characters' digenetics, the conditions of the game environment, and the game characters' current levels of physical and cognitive development. The game characters' performance capabilities and cognition are updated continuously in response to the results of competitions and training activities. Competition and training results can be processed by the game servers and transmitted to the end user presentation devices for graphics rendering. In this manner, the video game system need not be burdened by network latency and other delays. The game system also supports game character breeding; game character evolution based upon the digenetics; and game character buying, trading, selling, and collecting.

The present invention provides systems and methods for providing music based cognitive skills development. More particularly the present invention may provide a music based cognitive skills development platform. The platform is provided using computer implemented systems and methods for training a human subject so as to enhance his / her intelligence, attention, language skills and brain functioning. The present invention provides these benefits using exercises, one or more of which are based on musical training aspects, however, in addition to musical training other cognitive skills development exercises may be used, as described herein. The invention may be utilized by users of varying musical skills and may be presented at a level corresponding to the prior musical training (if any) of a user, and in a form corresponding to the cognitive capacity, interests and attention span of a user.

In accordance with the principles of the present invention, a video game is provided having multimedia graphics in an interactive interface. The video game is a cognitive development program made up of a sequence of challenges that address a range of cognitive strengths and weaknesses to provide appropriate levels of challenge and intensity whereby the ability of the mind to assimilate and process information quickly and accurately is enhanced. Hierarchical nature human learning is utilized, with the challenges progressing from simpler to more complex neurological processes. The cognitive skills that are developed include cognitive attention skills, cognitive visual processing skills, cognitive sensory integration skills, cognitive auditory processing skills, cognitive memory skills, and cognitive thinking skills.

Compositions and methods for improving the nutritional and physiological status of a woman and her child during all stages of pregnancy are provided herein. This includes pre-conceptional women, pregnant women, and post-natal women (both lactating and non-lactating mothers). The compositions are particularly useful for the neurological, visual, and cognitive development of an embryo, fetus, or infant and the nutritional and physiological well-being of the mother, fetus, and infant. The compositions contain one or more folates, such as a reduced folate and / or folic acid, and one or more essential fatty acids (EFA), such as an omega-3 and / or omega-6 fatty acid. The addition of the essential fatty acid improves upon the folate containing nutritional preparations described in the prior art. The one or more folates and essential fatty acid may be administered together or in separate dosage units. The one or more folates may be selected from folic acid / folate, one or more reduced folates, or a combination of folic acid / folate and one or more reduced folates. The reduced folate is preferably 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, and most preferably 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid. The essential fatty acid is preferably an omega-3 fatty acid, and is preferably docosahexenoic acid (DHA) derived from a vegetarian or non-fish source. The compositions may optionally contain other vitamins, minerals, and ingredients, such as, emollient laxatives—all defined herein as “optional or other ingredients”.

An intelligent control system based on an explicit model of cognitive development (Table 1) performs high-level functions. It comprises up to O hierarchically stacked neural networks, Nm, . . . , Nm+(O−1), where m denotes the stage / order tasks performed in the first neural network, Nm, and O denotes the highest stage / order tasks performed in the highest-level neural network. The type of processing actions performed in a network, Nm, corresponds to the complexity for stage / order m. Thus N1 performs tasks at the level corresponding to stage / order 1. N5 processes information at the level corresponding to stage / order 5. Stacked neural networks begin and end at any stage / order, but information must be processed by each stage in ascending order sequence. Stages / orders cannot be skipped. Each neural network in a stack may use different architectures, interconnections, algorithms, and training methods, depending on the stage / order of the neural network and the type of intelligent control system implemented.

The nonlinear complexity of EEG signals is believed to reflect the scale-free architecture of the neural networks in the brain. Analysis of the complexity and synchronization of EEG signals as described herein provides a quantitative measure for routine monitoring of functional brain development in infants and young children and provide a useful biomarker for detecting functional abnormalities in the brain before the cognitive, behavioral or social manifestations of these brain developments can be observed and measured by standard tests. One or more machine learning algorithms are used to discover relevant patterns in the complexity and synchronization values determined from the EEG data to facilitate risk assessment and / or diagnosis of developmental disorders in infants and young children by predicting cognitive, behavioral and social outcomes of the measured functional brain activity patterns.

Compositions and methods for improving the nutritional and physiological status of a woman and her child during all stages of pregnancy are provided herein. This includes pre-conceptional women, pregnant women, and post-natal women (both lactating and non-lactating mothers). The compositions are particularly useful for the neurological, visual, and cognitive development of an embryo, fetus, or infant and the nutritional and physiological well-being of the mother, fetus, and infant. The compositions contain one or more folates, such as a reduced folate and / or folic acid, and one or more essential fatty acids (EFA), such as an omega-3 and / or omega-6 fatty acid. The addition of the essential fatty acid improves upon the folate containing nutritional preparations described in the prior art. The one or more folates and essential fatty acid may be administered together or in separate dosage units. The one or more folates may be selected from folic acid / folate, one or more reduced folates, or a combination of folic acid / folate and one or more reduced folates. The reduced folate is preferably 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, and most preferably 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolic acid. The essential fatty acid is preferably an omega-3 fatty acid, and is preferably docosahexenoic acid (DHA) derived from a vegetarian or non-fish source. The compositions may optionally contain other vitamins, minerals, and ingredients, such as, emollient laxatives-all defined herein as “optional or other ingredients”.

The present disclosure relates to milk-based nutritional compositions for pediatric subjects and to corresponding methods of using the nutritional compositions to promote health and development. The nutritional compositions comprise docosahexaenoic acid, choline and phytonutrients, such as apple extract, grape seed extract, or mixtures thereof. The nutritional compositions are believed to be useful in promoting visual health, gastrointestinal health, immune function and cognitive development and function in infants and children, and the compositions may be administered via a staged nutritional feeding regimen. The disclosure further relates to nutritional compositions that maintain desirable organoleptic properties after addition of phytonutrients to a milk-based matrix and still further relates to methods for producing the same.

A circular infant protection and development pillow for protecting the head of an infant that is learning to sit up. The infant protection and development pillow assists in the development of the infant's back muscles which are not yet strong enough to independently support the infant while providing protection for the infant's head. The lower interior portion of the pillow allows the infant to sit within the pillow which fully surrounds the sitting infant. The upper portion of the pillow provides a soft but supportive continuously curved surface which in combination with an encircling inner seat pocket and inner seat area allow for variable positioning of the infant. The lower interior portion of the pillow is padded for the sitting infant's comfort and protection. The internal cushion portion of the pillow may be made of soft yet supportive material including foam rubber. The exterior cover of the pillow is of a one-piece construction and may be removed for washing or cleaning. The exterior cover of the pillow may be made from materials which resist germ infection and or transmission. The exterior surface of the pillow cover may include contrasting surface areas to stimulate improved cognitive development.

One or more complex lipids including gangliosides to achieve particular health benefits including maintaining or increasing cognitive development or maintaining or increasing growth in a foetal, infant or child subject.

The motor and cognitive skills development system includes a series of exercise mats having various instructional patterns thereon in increasing degrees or levels of physical and mental difficulty from very basic to more advanced moves and instructions. Each mat includes a complete series of exercise instructions thereon, with the exercises ranging from a relatively simple series of progressive jumps along the mat, to more complex jumps requiring only one foot, lateral or backward jumps, jump turns, etc. The instructions may range from simple representations of foot patterns through representations of various objects, colors, alphanumeric indicators, caricatures, etc. The development system thus challenges students both physically and mentally, with the instructor determining the exercise(s) to be performed and the corresponding mats according to the needs of the student(s) and / or curriculum. The system is adaptable to very young children, autistic students, adults and younger people with special training or rehabilitation needs, etc.

Computer-implemented method for improving cognition and memory in an aging adult, utilizing a computing device to present stimuli to the adult, and to record responses from the adult. A psychophysical threshold for an aging adult with respect to stimuli in a cognitive development exercise is determined using a maximum likelihood procedure, such as QUEST (quick estimation by sequential testing) or ZEST (zippy estimation by sequential testing). The threshold is a stimulus intensity value associated with a specified performance level of the adult. A plurality of trials in the exercise are then performed with stimuli at or near the determined threshold to improve the adult's cognition and memory skills. This threshold determination and exercise performance may be repeated in an iterative manner to further improve the adult's cognition and memory skills.

An intelligent control system based on an explicit model of cognitive development (Table 1) performs high-level functions. It comprises up to O hierarchically stacked neural networks, Nm, . . . , Nm+(O−1), where m denotes the stage / order tasks performed in the first neural network, Nm, and O denotes the highest stage / order tasks performed in the highest-level neural network. The type of processing actions performed in a network, Nm, corresponds to the complexity for stage / order m. Thus N1 performs tasks at the level corresponding to stage / order 1. N5 processes information at the level corresponding to stage / order 5. Stacked neural networks begin and end at any stage / order, but information must be processed by each stage in ascending order sequence. Stages / orders cannot be skipped. Each neural network in a stack may use different architectures, interconnections, algorithms, and training methods, depending on the stage / order of the neural network and the type of intelligent control system implemented.

The invention discloses an autonomous cognitive development system and method based on an incremental association neural network and dynamic audio-visual fusion. The system comprises a sample layer, asymbol layer and an association layer three-layer network structure, Wherein the three-layer network structure comprises a visual path and an auditory path; In the visual path, a sample layer learnsthe original shape and color characteristics of an object respectively and performs autonomous clustering; The symbol layer is used for receiving the autonomous clustering result of the shape and color sample layer and abstracting the autonomous clustering result into a corresponding symbol; In the auditory path, a sample layer learns word vectors of names; The symbol layer is used for receiving the word vector category of the name and simplifying the word vector category into symbols; And the association layer establishes an association relationship between symbols in the visual path and theauditory path, and feeds back a response signal to the low-layer network according to the known association relationship. Based on the self-organizing neural network, the concepts of objects can be autonomously developed, and audio-visual fusion can be realized.

At the beginning of life, parent-infant interactions are the building blocks of the baby's brain and socio-emotional and cognitive development. Eye contact, touch, facial expressions, and verbal communications are essential ingredients in these interactions. One of the most prominent activities a parent / caregiver is involved in during the first year of life is diaper changing. For a newborn, the frequency of diaper changing can reach 10-12 times a day. Diaper changing brings the opportunity for this parent-child interaction to take place. The present invention uses diapers as a medium and / or tool to deliver educations and developmental images. Information and / or written and / or visual messages and tips to the parents / caregivers of infants, toddlers and children.

A screening evaluation tool of the present invention provides instructions and mechanisms to probe areas of vision (related to learning). These areas include eye movements used during reading, visual imagery of mental pictorial images generated by viewing, visual recall of mental pictorial images maintained over time, mental manipulation of pictorial images transformed spatially and visual manipulation of mental pictorial images viewed from multiple spatial perspectives. The screening may be conducted remotely from any physical location via the Internet or other network. In addition, the present invention may be utilized for performing therapy, screening tests or more formal evaluations over the Internet. The screening tests and evaluations may be of multiple varieties and are made available for the purpose of further exploring or ruling out the need for further exploration of areas of dysfunction that relate to reduced performance in learning.

A multi-media / simulation training system, in conjunction with a specifically developed and utilized training process, that improves target recognition skills and enhances gunnery training. The system has implications in other cognitive development activities, as well as—but not limited to—medical, technological, biological, anthropological and other areas of study with objects requiring accurate recognition and designation, as well as personnel identification devices, games, and entertainment systems. The system uses a combination of verbal and visual error correction, including magnification and rotation of both the test image and the incorrect image identified by the trainee, to enhance observation and knowledge of visible differences.

The invention discloses a cognitive and learning method of a cognitive moving system with an inner engine. The cognitive model system to study the basis of automatic machines, including perceived state set, the set of actions, orientation map collection, curiosity, orientation function, learning orientation matrix, the state transition function and knowledge entropy, more than 10 parts. Perception of the current state of the system model; select action mechanism based on the engine; perform an action, state transition occurs; calculated value orientation function; Updates 'Perception - Movement'mapping; the process is repeated until the entropy minimal knowledge or learning time is greater than terminated time. The invention introduces the engine mechanism with active learning environment, not only the system has a strong self-learning and self-organizing ability, and can effectively avoid damaging small probability events, improve the stability of the system, for the establishment of having robot cognitive development capability to provide a strong foundation.

The disclosure relates to educational systems and methods of use thereof for improving student achievement, stimulating cognitive development, and increasing student motivation through improving writing skills. In accordance with the methods and devices of the disclosure students are able to build improved fine and gross motor skills.

The invention discloses a robot self-organizing-contrastive cognitive development method and system with lifelong learning ability. The method comprises the following steps: constructing an SORCN cognitive development model based on a single-layer incremental self-organizing neural network; when the input data is the known category of the SORCN, identifying a matched node and outputting a corresponding category; when the input data is the unknown category of the SORCN, creating a new node to learn the knowledge; meanwhile, recording the new node in a cache region; and when the buffer area is full, the SORCN carrying out reflection once, executing a clustering algorithm, wherein a generated clustering result is used for updating the SORCN. According to the method, not only can the generalization ability be utilized to relieve the storage problem, but also the efficient competitive learning strategy can be utilized to reduce the calculation amount. In addition, the method can carry out intra-class topology construction in the reflection process, and reliable guidance is provided for adjustment of a node similarity threshold value.

The invention relates to a psychological health education system based on the virtual reality technology. The psychological health education system comprises a VR device, and different psychological health education objectives are set for objects with different age levels through the VR device; combined with the characteristics of cognitive development and psychological health of the objects withthe different age levels, psychological-health-theme virtual scenes and education guidance words based on the VR are designed; according to the designed psychological-health-theme virtual scenes, an education model is established, the scenes are set up, and according to the education guidance words, corresponding education voices are recorded. According to the mode, the psychological health education system can rely on an immersive psychological health education system established based on the virtual reality technology, a brand-new application mode of psychological health education is developed, and a theory support and an application precedent are provided for psychological health education under supporting of the VR technology; a threshold of psychological health education developing can be greatly reduced, more objects participate in the construction process of the psychological health education system under supporting of the VR technology in a more-suitable mode accordingly.

The invention provides a robot attitude path target track optimization cognitive development algorithm CBCLA. The method is divided into eight parts, that is, a limited internal state set, a system output set, an internal operation behavior set, a state transfer equation, an internal state of the system at the moment t, an evaluation function, striatum matrix action selection probability output and dopamine energy respectively, wherein the eight parts can be expressed by an eight-member array: CBCLA={SC, MC, CbA, f, r(t), BGstrio, BGmatrix, SNDPA}. The method simulates neural activity of a sensory motor system of an organism, takes learning automaton as a frame and combines the feature that an intrinsic motivation mechanism drives autonomic learning of the organisms; the cognitive development algorithm is applied to mobile robot path planning and study; and the robot can gradually master motion balance control skills through autonomic learning development under an unknown environment,and realizes real-time tracking of a target.

A method for enhancing cognitive development in a pediatric subject involving administering to the subject a nutritional composition which includes up to 7 g / 100 Kcal of a fat or lipid; up to 5 g / 100 Kcal of a protein or protein equivalent source; 0.06 g / 100 Kcal to 1.5 g / 100 Kcal of an enriched milk product; 5 mg / 100 Kcal to 90 mg / 100 Kcal of a source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid; and 0.015 g / 100 Kcal to 1.5 g / 100 Kcal of a prebiotic.

A method for enhancing cognitive development in a pediatric subject involving administering to the subject a nutritional composition which includes up to 7 g / 100 Kcal of a fat or lipid; up to 5 g / 100 Kcal of a protein or protein equivalent source; 0.25 g / 100 Kcal to 16 g / 100 Kcal of buttermilk; 5 mg / 100 Kcal to 90 mg / 100 Kcal of a source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid; and 0.015 g / 100 Kcal to 1.5 g / 100 Kcal of a prebiotic.

The invention relates to a cognitive and EEG (Electroencephalogram) big-data system including a data acquisition system, a storage system and a data analysis system, wherein the data acquisition system comprises an acquisition unit for data of cognitive behavior, an acquisition unit for EEG data, an acquisition unit for basic data, a data processing unit and a data transmitting unit; the storage system comprises a data receiving unit, a data storage unit and a database system; the data analysis system comprises a data service interface, a data analysis unit and a data access unit. The invention collects the cognitive-behavior data and the EEG data of all kinds of people, constructs a big-data system including the brain cognitive data, the EEG data and all types of data and archive information, and carries on the data analysis and data mining. It realizes the functions including the differential analysis of cognition ability, prediction and evaluation of cognitive development trend, effectiveness evaluation of cognitive ability training, EEG algorithm research, etc. It can be applied to evaluation, training, effect assessment and theoretical research of brain cognitive ability.

This invention relates to the use of a nutritional composition comprising sialylated oligosaccharides for enhancing cognitive development and learning skills in mammals. The nutritional composition comprises 3′-Siallylactose (3′-SL) and 6′-Siallylactose (6′-SL) in a weight ratio between 10:1 and 1:10 and is specifically for use in enhancing learning skills and / or enhancing memory function in an individual by increasing the sialic acid (Neu5Ac) concentration in the brain of said individual.