Elderly people can be seen playing mobile games on tablets in this filepic. It has been found that those with a genetic risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease play a certain mobile game differently from others. — SPH
A specially-designed mobile phone game can detect people at risk of Alzheimer’s, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the United Kingdom.
Researchers studied gaming data from an app called Sea Hero Quest, which has been downloaded and played by more than 4.3 million people worldwide.
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