Smartphone-Assisted “Scavenger Hunt” Identifies People at Risk for Dementia
DZNE Abt fuer Presse; Oeffentlichkeitsarbeit
Magdeburg/Germany, October 3, 2024. Researchers from DZNE and Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg have identified individuals with increased risk for dementia using mobility data, recorded during a smartphone-based wayfinding task on the university campus. The findings, reported in the journal “PLOS Digital Health”, show the potential of smartphone data, collected in conditions close to everyday life, for the early detection and monitoring of Alzheimer’s disease. The study included 72...