APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING PROBABILITY OF RUMINATING BEHAVIOR IN PEOPLE

摘要

This invention is a method and apparatus for predicting the probability of ruminating behavior in humans, where ruminating behavior in has been disclosed. The method attaches electrodes to a patient's scalp in accordance with the American Electroencephalographic Society's Electrode Placement International 10-20 Standard System, which senses the responses to separate audio and visual stimuli. In addition, the amplitude of quantitative electroencephalographic activity is also measured. The data from all three measurements are used to determine the probability of ruminating behavior according to one of three algorithms disclosed. The device includes a helmet containing the electrodes (24), a visual stimulus generating device (18), and an audio stimulus generating device, headphones (26). The stimulus supplied to the patient is controlled by microprocessor (14). The measurements and calculations are also made in microprocessor (14).