ASSESSING SPATIAL COGNITION IN HUMAN SUBJECTS

• Main Authors: DICKSON, Blair Thomas, ROBERTS, Luke
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 13.08.2025
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

A method of assessing spatial cognition of a human subject comprises displaying to the subject on a two-dimension display screen, in at least one sequence of trials, a visual stimulus including a plurality of discrete visual orientation cues, the visual stimulus having a target location defined therein, wherein the rotational orientation of the visual stimulus is varied between trials within a sequence, and wherein the target location is hidden in a least some of the trials; receiving as input from the subject, in each said trial, an indication of the location of the target and recording data representing the displacement between the indicated location of the target and the defined target location in the at least one sequence of trials. There may be a plurality of sequences of trials, wherein an angular cue separation of the visual orientation cues varies between sequences, and the recording step includes recording displacement of the indicated location of the target from the defined target location for different values of said angular cue separation. The variation of displacement with angular cue separation may be analysed against an expected variation to provide an indication of spatial cognition in the subject.