Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Neuroplasticity games for addiction
- Patent Title (中): 神经可塑性游戏成瘾
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Application No.: US14201676Application Date: 2014-03-07
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Publication No.: US09302179B1Publication Date: 2016-04-05
- Inventor: Michael M. Merzenich , Chung-Hay Luk , Mor Nahum , Jyoti Mishra Ramanathan , Thomas Matthew Van Vleet
- Applicant: POSIT SCIENCE CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: POSIT SCIENCE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: POSIT SCIENCE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agent Eric W. Cernyar; James W. Huffman
- Main IPC: A63F9/24
- IPC: A63F9/24 ; A63F13/40

Abstract:
A training program is configured to systematically drive neurological changes to treat an addiction, wherein a plurality of addiction-related stimuli stimulate craving for the object of the addiction. The training program comprises at least one computerized reverse conditioning game configured to present a plurality of target and distractor stimuli, wherein a subset of the distractor stimuli are addiction-related stimuli, and prompts a game participant to respond to the target stimuli and ignore the distractor stimuli.
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