If Alzheimer’s dementia is identified early, at the stage of Mild Cognitive Impairment, for instance, the decline in neural functioning can be stabilized or even curtailed in some cases, research has found.
QUT Ph.D. data science researcher Ahmed Alkenani has developed automatic machine learning models using language features to identify multiple stages of dementia, including Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), possible Alzheimer’s dementia (PoAD), and probable Alzheimer’s dementia (AD), ie not fully developed AD.
“It is possible to identify language changes years prior to developing dementia, which highlights the importance of…
