Just a few minutes of playing a certain video game could help identify the earliest stages of Alzheimer's in ways existing medical tests can't, researchers have found.
A new study used a smartphone app called Sea Hero Quest to monitor how gamers with and without a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer's navigate the virtual world, using their thumbs to move a little boat through a series of maritime mazes.
3 million players, setting the stage for what they call"the largest dementia study in history." Scientists then homed in on data from more than 27,000 players between ages 50 and 75 -- the group at highest risk of developing Alzheimer's symptoms within a decade -- to create a global benchmark for how most people navigate the game, the study states.
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