Yerkes researchers use eye tracking to detect mild dementia in humans
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - 10:21
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Centre, Emory University, developed a test in nonhuman primates that is now using infrared eye tracking to detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in humans. The researchers hope the advanced technology will be helpful in predicting the onset of Alzheimer's disease. The test, which is featured in the current online issue of The American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, is helping researchers further understand the role of the brain structures critical to human memory...