India, March 4 -- A recent study conducted at the University of Cambridge delved into the possibility of using virtual reality technology as a means of early screening for Alzheimer's disease.
The study, titled "Entorhinal-based path integration selectively predicts midlife risk of Alzheimer's disease," was published in Alzheimer's and Dementia and involved around 100 asymptomatic adults between the ages of 43 and 66.
These participants were made to undergo a virtual reality assessment to evaluate their spatial navigation abilities and uncover potential spatial navigation impairments - a cognitive biomarker that could potentially appear years before other symptoms of Alzheimer's present themselves.
The study's findings revealed that indi...