Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to K M Colby.
We briefly describe a method of short-term computer-assisted psychotherapy for stress-related conditions and then reply to a number of objections to the method that have been voiced by professional colleagues.
Patients with memory problems tend to forget what their intentions are in the course of carrying out a series of sequential actions directed towards a desired goal. To aid in this problem, a working memory prosthesis has been designed and implemented on a microcomputer connected to a voice synthesizer. The instrument keeps the patient on the track of his current action plan by uttering pre-stored spoken instructions at periodic intervals. An interface algorithm allows the user to enter the steps of his own routine action-patterns in computer memory along with mnemonics for evoking them. Further potential uses of such a memory prosthesis are described.
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A test of handedness in a sample of 20 autistic children and 25 normal children revealed marked differences. The frequency of non-right-handedness in normal children was 12%, whereas it was 65% in autistic children. The significance of this difference for the etiology of autism is discussed.
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A shame-humiliation theory of paranoid processes embodied in a successful computer simulation model has clinical implications for the understanding, treatment, management, and prevention of paranoid disorders. The multiplicity and variety of these implications indicate that the theoretical model is more than ad hoc, since it potentially contributes new empirical content to existing knowledge about paranoid disorders. Among rival theories, a more acceptable one is that with a large consequence class, members of which turn out to be true, and that which most effectively serves multiple purposes.
A method is described for recording a child's performance with a computer-controlled audio-visual device designed to stimulate language behavior in nonspeaking children. From the recorded data a child's position can be estimated on a curve derived from normal children. This position could be of value in planning treatment for a nonspeaking child and assessing his progress.
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