Towards real-world neuroscience approaches: Mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI) for predicting dementia risk
The Finnish Research Impact Foundation
Aalto University
Memory disorders have significant economic, social, and indirect treatment costs. Even though memory disorders develop gradually over time, they are hard to predict with existing medical methods. This collaboration between Aalto University and Bittium Biosignals is aimed at developing an early dementia risk screening tool for the ageing population. Its focus is to study mild cognitive impairment (MCI), i.e. the intermediate state between normal brain ageing and memory disorder. About half of the people with MCI progress to dementia, especially Alzheimer’s disease. The project makes use of mobile brain-body imaging (MoBI), which allows data collection in people’s everyday natural environment, and computational modelling, which improves diagnostic sensitivity. In addition to dementia risk screening, the methods developed in the project will contribute to diagnostic tools for other neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The Principal Investigator for the project is Hanna Renvall.
Tandem Industry Academia (TIA) Postdoc (2024)