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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4652242 | Psychological testing of the visually impaired A system for psychologically testing visually impaired or reading impaired persons has a series of questions presented in a prerecorded audible form. An answer sheet having regions in which responses to each question may be recorded has associated with ea... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4645470 | Doll having concealed pocket in the location of an ear A doll, preferably of fabric material, and generally polygonal in configuration whereby to present a body having a front, a back, a top, a bottom and opposed sides, there being hair on the top of the body and a face on the front of the body. The body is p... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4637799 | System and game that stimulates creative and verbal exercise Matrix of discrete visual representations are presented either as individual cards to be arranged in some pattern, or in a predetermined, fixed arrangement with respect to one another. In the first matrix, a subject arranges a base group of cards presente... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4627818 | Psychotechnological testing method and device therefor A method and device for determining the disposition, traits or characteristics of human test subjects. Several sets of statements are formulated, each set being related to at least one trait. The statements in a set are divided into two groups which conta... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4626220 | Psychological test device A psychological test device for measuring the intellectual ability of children by identification of a picture which the examiner exposes in sequential small increments by slowly moving it behind a narrow window. The device comprises a rotatable circular d... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4615681 | Programmable, user interactive cigarette dispenser and method therefor A cigarette dispenser provides user access to cigarettes therein only after a preset time interval to permit the user to later reconsider the decision to smoke and allow the initial urge for a cigarette to subside. A manually selected switch on the dispen... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4611997 | Motivational teaching aid for behavior modification A teaching aid which can be manipulated to demonstrate the principles involved in dealing with the human body and mind. The sides of a sheet of soft fabric are folded over itself towards its central axis to form a pair of separable flaps. The sheet is sew... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4582492 | Method for behavior modification using olfactory stimuli A method for behavior modification using olfactory stimuli. The method comprises microencapsulating different smelling odors into a patch such that at least one odor is dominant and at least one odor is subservient, placing the patch on a hand associated ... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4573927 | Means and method of showing feelings This invention is a means to aide children in identifying, accepting and expressing their feelings. This means is in the form of a doll like figure which is used adjunctively in therapeutic and child care setting as well as in natural surroundings. The do... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4483681 | Method and apparatus for determining viewer response to visual stimuli A system for monitoring viewer response to visual stimuli having two slide projectors keyed for the simultaneous slide transport and optional viewing modes. The procedure includes projecting images from one slide projector, as seen at a normal viewing dis... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4464121 | Device for measuring fatigue effects A field portable performance assessment device having an adaptive information processing test programmed therein. The device is used to measure psychological data of personnel working in a real-world environment such as in an aircraft. A microcomputer dri... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4354843 | Spacial orientation instruction device A light display in which the individual lights are positioned in relation to an x and y axis, and in which further any one selected light is operated in tandem, either automatically or manually by an instructor resulting in the illumination thereof, and t... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4344759 | Method and apparatus for inducing psychological responses An apparatus comprising symbols movable within a channel on a display board is used to elicit responses from a patient to the stress of separation. The symbols can be manipulated by the patient, a therapist or a researcher to aid in determining the nature... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4341521 | Psychotherapeutic device A psychotherapeutic device for use by a therapist with a non-verbal or resistant child subject, is provided wherein the child is shown a page of a book depicting a dramatic if not traumatic scene relevant to the child's life. A series of puppets depicting... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4315502 | Learning-relaxation device Disclosed is a device for relaxing, stimulating and/or driving brain wave form function in a human subject. The device comprises, in combination, an eye mask having independently controlled left and right eyepieces and a peripheral light array in each eye... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4300763 | Psychological game device A psychological game device having a small box-like cabinet with a panel facing a player called the SPEAKER and another panel facing a player called the LISTENER. The SPEAKER panel mounts two push buttons labeled TRUTH and ALMOST TRUTH. The LISTENER panel... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4273540 | Therapist's patient evaluation and training device A therapist's patient evaluation and training device and more particularly such a device for evaluating disorders of brain damaged patients and of patients who have suffered trauma to or disease of the central nervous system and for aiding such patients i... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4246913 | Apparatus for reducing the desire to smoke A device for use by a smoker in developing a subconscious aversion to smoking. The device includes a special pressure transducer that is coupled to a holder for a smoking article such as a cigarette, for sensing whenever smoke is drawn from the cigarette ... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4216594 | Psychotherapeutic testing game A psychotherapeutic testing game comprises a game apparatus for providing a game playing atmosphere between a tester and a player. A chance selection device is associated with the game apparatus for selecting the game participation requirements of a playe... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4173833 | PsychologicaL game A psychological game which is designed to be used mainly as a tool to enhance personal exploration and growth. The essential pieces include a base with a multiplicity of recesses and a multiplicity of spheres of varying colors which can be fitted into the... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4162073 | Hollow pyramid containing indicia-bearing spheres An entertainment game device having a game board with a continuous path enclosing a central area within which is disposed a pyramidal random choice device for indicating individual player moves, the continuous path comprising a plurality of player positio... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4086710 | Brain damage testing A person's memory of sequences is tested by shifting a relationship between switches and colored lights which they control. Switches in a row light colored lamps in a fixed sequence. A two part circular switch with opposed contacts equal in number to the ... | 05/02/1978 |
| 3986136 | Random interval generators and method of behavior modification using same Behavior modification method involving the use of a portable random interval signal generator. One disclosed embodiment has an increasing probability of obtaining a signal through a time interval. In another disclosed embodiment the probability of obtaini... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3971142 | Simulation apparatus Apparatus for simulating decisionmaking in living beings. One or more adjustable voltage sources having knobs indicating levels of decisional influence are connected to a level detecting transistor. The level detector operates a lamp or other display devi... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3940863 | Psychological testing and therapeutic game device A game fostering the telling of a story based on iconographic stimuli. A set of objects and figurines are set up on a stimulus board. Each of these objects functions as an icon tending to invoke a significant primary emotion. Dice having different indicia... | 03/02/1976 |
