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Early dementia can be detected by driving behaviour
Car software can detect cognitive decline in drivers before clinical symptoms become apparent
13 May 2021 - 05:05
The late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, was known as an avid fan of driving himself despite the perks of royal chauffeurs. Queen Elizabeth’s husband was involved in a crash on January 17 2020 at the age of 97, which led him to voluntarily retire from his passion, which included driving then-US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle to lunch in 2016.
A new study in the US is using machine learning to analyse driving data to help detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia in a driver...
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