Cognitive Fitness

Abstract

A game is presented for playing, the game being correlated to one or more cognitive attributes. A score is obtained for the game, and based on the score, a cognitive profile is updated. The cognitive profile includes an assessment associated with cognitive attributes, including the cognitive attributes to which the game is correlated. An updated cognitive profile is displayed.

1 . A method comprising:
 presenting a game for playing, the game being correlated to one or more cognitive attributes;   obtaining score for the game;   based on the score, updating a cognitive profile, the cognitive profile including an assessment, wherein the assessment is associated with one or more of a plurality of cognitive attributes, the plurality of cognitive attributes including the one or more cognitive attributes to which the game is correlated;   displaying an updated cognitive profile.   
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the cognitive profile includes an assessment relating to memory. 
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the cognitive profile includes an assessment relating to language ability. 
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the cognitive profile includes an assessment relating to executive function. 
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the cognitive profile includes an assessment relating to visio-spatial ability. 
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the cognitive profile includes an assessment relating to motor function. 
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the cognitive profile includes an assessment relating to life expectancy. 
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the score is based at least in part on a length of time the game is played. 
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein updating the cognitive profile includes modifying numbers associated with the cognitive attributes to which the game is correlated. 
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising obtaining a life expectancy based at least in part on the score for the game. 
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising revising the cognitive profile based on a passage of time since determining the score for the game. 
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein revising the cognitive profile includes decreasing the number associated with a cognitive attribute included in the plurality of cognitive attributes, the decreasing being based on the passage of time. 
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising correlating the game to the one or more cognitive attributes. 
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the assessment includes a qualitative assessment. 
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein displaying the updated cognitive profile also includes displaying a performance over time, the performance over time being based on the updated cognitive profile and one or more previous cognitive profiles. 
   
   
       16 . One or more machine-readable media comprising instructions for causing one or more processing devices to:
 read from, or write to, a cognitive profile, the cognitive profile including assessments, each assessment being associated with one or more of a plurality of cognitive attributes;   execute a game associated with one or more cognitive attributes in the plurality;   determine a score for the game; and   update the cognitive profile based on the score.   
   
   
       17 . The use or more machine-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the cognitive profile includes an assessment relating to memory. 
   
   
       18 . The one or more machine-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the cognitive profile includes an assessment relating to language ability. 
   
   
       19 . The one or more machine-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the cognitive profile includes an assessment relating to executive function. 
   
   
       20 . The one or more machine-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the cognitive profile includes an assessment relating to visio-spatial ability. 
   
   
       21 . The one or more machine-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the cognitive profile includes an assessment relating to motor function. 
   
   
       22 . The one or more machine-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the cognitive profile includes an assessment relating to life expectancy. 
   
   
       23 . The one or more machine-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the instructions for causing the one or more processing devices to determine a score for the game include instructions for causing the one or more processing devices to determine the score based at least in part on a length of time the game is played. 
   
   
       24 . The one or more machine-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the instructions for causing the one or more processing devices to update th cognitive profile based on the score include instructions for causing the one or more processing devices to modify numbers associated with the cognitive attributes to which the game is correlated. 
   
   
       25 . The one or more machine-readable media of  claim 16 , further comprising instructions for causing the one or more processing devices to obtain a life expectancy based at least in part on the score for the game. 
   
   
       26 . The one or more machine-readable media of  claim 16 , further comprising instructions for causing the one or more processing devices to revise the cognitive profile based on a passage of time since determining the score for the game. 
   
   
       27 . The one or more machine-readable media of  claim 26 , wherein the instructions for causing the one or more processors to read from, or write to, the cognitive profile further includes instructions for causing the one or more processors to decrease, based on the passage of time, a number associated with a cognitive attribute included in the plurality of cognitive attributes. 
   
   
       28 . The one or more machine-readable media of  claim 16 , further comprising instructions for causing the one or more processing devices to correlate the game to the one or more cognitive attributes. 
   
   
       29 . The one or more machine-readable media of  claim 16 , wherein the assessment includes a qualitative assessment.