Distributed multi-nodal operant conditioning system and method

摘要

A multi-nodal distributed operant conditioning system and method consisting of a user node and one or more networked subject nodes. A user audience at a user node engages in operant conditioning with a subject at a networked subject node by observing real time image data of the subject and effecting operant conditioning signals to the subject in response to operantly offered behaviors by the subject. The multi-nodal, distributed nature of the embodiments provides for uses by a user audience in educational, entertainment, or therapeutic behavioral modification settings.

主权项

1. A distributed operant conditioning system for interactive uses by a user audience such as in educational, entertainment, and therapeutic behavioral modification settings, comprising:
(a) a user node input network link configured to receive real time image data from a subject node;
wherein a subject at the subject node has associated a conditioned reinforcer with a primary reinforcer; (b) a display, operatively connected to the user node input network link, the display configured to present image data of the subject to a user audience; (c) a user interface configured to receive user input and effectuate a predefined operant conditioning signal responsive to the user input;
wherein the user input is responsive to an observation by the user audience in the real time image data of operantly emitted behaviors of the subject trending towards a predefined behavior;wherein the operant conditioning signal is a conditioned reinforcer; and (d) a user node output network link, operatively connected with the user interface, configured to transmit the operant conditioning signal to the subject node.