Jennifer L Shephard

20050053904, Mar 10, 2005

Aug 13, 2004

10/918592

Jennifer Shephard - Watertown MA, US
Stephen Kosslyn - Cambridge MA, US

G09B019/00
A61B005/00

434236000, 600300000, 128897000, 128920000

A system and method of determining diminishment in brain function in relation to at least one of specific adverse factors and specific tasks. The system involves establishing threshold levels for at least one brain function that is either affected by specific adverse factors or is used to perform specific tasks, or both. A test-taker is given a battery of tests from a portable testing unit, where the tests have been tailored to measure specific cognitive functions that can be affected by adverse factors, cognitive functions that are required to perform specific tasks, or both. Scores from the tests are compared to the threshold levels required to perform a task, and a determination is made concerning the capability of the individual to handle the task(s) in question. The portable testing unit may be connected to equipment whose use is denied for test results that fall below a normative level for the activity.