Researchers move a step closer to developing at-home test to detect dementia

Screenshots of TAS Test finger-tapping tests with green boxes guiding the participants where to position their hands for good quality data recording; (A) instruction screen, (B) recording screen (mirror view from the participant’s perspective) Tasmanian scientists are a step closer to developing a computer test that can detect dementia, decades before any memory symptoms emerge, recent research has found. In 2020, researchers from the University of Tasmania’s Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre developed TAS Test—a new computer screening test that picks up changes in hand movements that could indicate increased risk of dementia occurring 10–20 years later. In the Read More