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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2023
University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Upmc, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Mary L. Woody, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Murat Akcakaya, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Sarah Ostadabbas, Watertown, MA (US);
Rebecca Price, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Xiaofei Huang, Lynnfield, MA (US);
Richard T. Gall, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Anna Wears, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Nastasia O. Mcdonald, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jennifer Mak, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A neurofeedback system includes an EEG apparatus, a presentation apparatus and a controller. The controller is configured to: (i) cause the presentation apparatus to display an overlaid image to the user that comprises a first image flickering at a first frequency and a second image flickering at a second frequency different than the first frequency, the first image being an affective distractor stimulus image and the second image being a task-relevant stimulus image, (ii) receive from the EEG apparatus a number of first steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) signals generated in response the first image of the overlaid image and a number of second SSVEP signals generated in response the second image of the overlaid image, and (iii) calculate feedback indicative of how much attention of the was user allocated to the task-relevant stimulus image versus how much attention of the user was allocated to the affective distractor stimulus image.