Your smartphone could be key to early dementia diagnosis


An app that records users’ speech while they complete various cognitive tests could be just as effective as in-clinic evaluations in detecting frontotemporal dementia. — Image by freepik

A groundbreaking study has found cognitive tests performed through a smartphone app could be just as effective as in-clinic evaluations in detecting frontotemporal dementia, a neurological disorder that typically strikes in midlife and affects critical cognitive skills such as planning, prioritising tasks and impulse control.

Led by Adam Boxer, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, the study involved collaboration with the United States-based software company Datacubed Health, the Guardian reported.

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