A surprising factor can predict dementia up to 12 years in advance, study finds (www.psypost.org)

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[-] 0x01@lemmy.ml 165 points 6 months ago

At the start of the study, we asked participants to take a visual sensitivity test. For the test, they had to press a button as soon as they saw a triangle forming in a field of moving dots. People who would develop dementia were much slower to see this triangle on the screen than people who would remain without dementia

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 70 points 6 months ago

Thanks for saving us a click.

Ugh, I hate those stupid headlines.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Thanks for saving us a click.

Oh no! Slow or no clicking is a sign of dementia. I'm so sorry for your situation.

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Oh shit! WHAT DO?!!!

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

Lazy OP just copy pasting the title, eh. Or is the article title automatically copied?

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 25 points 6 months ago

Thanks for the anti-Clickbait.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago

I am so screwed.

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 56 points 6 months ago

The actual study:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38424122/

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 31 points 6 months ago

Visual issues may be an early indicator of cognitive decline

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 26 points 6 months ago

The original article:

https://theconversation.com/how-your-vision-can-predict-dementia-12-years-before-it-is-diagnosed-new-study-226356

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

Thank you for posting these!

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 22 points 6 months ago

The full text of the study:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10904745/

[-] remotelove@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Until cheaper and easy-to-use eye trackers are available

Wut? We have been developing that for years. I just did a quick search for code and found this: https://github.com/IvanHalen86/Webcam_EyeTracker_Matlab_Arduino

I almost want update that code for an ESP32 and a couple of cheap cameras I have for them.