Tentativa de detecção precoce de Alzheimer através do discurso (tipicamente as técnicas focam-se na memória):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/experts-revealed-new-symptom-could-9858668
Citando:
""The MCIs are very long-winded. One significant difference is the mean length of utterance, how many words MCI subjects used versus healthy older, it was a very significant difference.
"MCIs almost tended to get lost along the way and had more difficulty connecting the three words and also difficulty remembering the three words."
Asked what people should do if they spotted their elderly relative had became more long winded and more disconnected when they talk, Dr Sherman said: "If there is a change you’re noticing in spouses and parents and friends cognition, either their ability to remember information, or their ability to communicate, that might be a good time to get them seen by a physician.
"Especially if there is a change from their baseline."
But she cautioned: "Many individuals may be long winded. That’s not a concern. What we are trying to figure out is when there is a change in how you use to be.
"Alzheimer’s disease is a decline in cognitive function, that’s what defines it. So it’s when there is a change from your usual function that you need to be concerned.""
