A Spanish video game helps detect cognitive decline
Spain is a pioneer in the creation of a video game that offers 97% effectiveness in detecting cognitive decline and that could be very useful in detecting Alzheimer's
Spain has developed the video game The Mind Guardian, in collaboration with Samsung, for the early detection of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, with an effectiveness of 97 %.
The announcement was made by Samsung. And although The Mind Guardian is not intended to replace clinical diagnosis, it can help reduce the detection time for these diseases.
The video game consists of an “innovative application based on artificial intelligence that allows the assessment of cognitive performance in people over 55 years of age,” developed by Samsung Iberia in collaboration with the University of Vigo and the Galicia Sur Health Research Institute.
It is supported by the Spanish Society of Neurology and the Spanish Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health. It can be used to assess memory independently of an Android tablet. Its gamified design is user-friendly; it “reduces the anxiety associated with traditional medical tests and makes large-scale cognitive screening accessible.” Those interested can download the app from the Google Play Store.
Among the items included are challenges such as “remembering objects in a virtual city, matching images, or following movements on the screen. These tasks have been validated in studies with more than 150 users in day centers and senior citizen associations, achieving 97 % accuracy in detecting signs of cognitive decline.”
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Source: elconfidencial
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