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Background: The increasing prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia threatens global health, necessitating the development of accessible tools for detection of cognitive impairment. This study explores using a transformer-based approach to detect cognitive impairment using acoustic markers of spontaneous speech.
Method: Recordings of unstructured interviews from baseline visits were obtained from participants of The 90+ Study, a longitudinal study of individuals older than 90 years.
Background: Spontaneous speech is easily obtainable and has the potential to become an accessible and low-cost marker for cognitive function. The time-consuming and labor-intensive nature of speech analysis has been a major obstacle to utilizing this promising tool. This study uses a novel transformer-based methodology to explore associations between spontaneous speech language features and global cognition.
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December 2024
NZ Brain Research Institute, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Background: The projected doubling of dementia prevalence by 2050 highlights the critical importance of altering the dementia trajectory and associated burden. Modifiable risk factors account for 40% of dementia risk (Livingston et al, 2020), including physical inactivity in late life. Protective effects of physical activity (PA) may be greater during earlier stages of neuropathological change, either directly by influencing the brain, or, indirectly by protecting against hypertension, obesity, and diabetes.
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January 2025
Mental disorders are a critical global public health problem due to their increasing prevalence, rising costs, and significant economic burden. Despite efforts to increase the mental health workforce in Türkiye, there is a significant shortage of psychiatrists, limiting the quality and accessibility of mental health services. This review examines the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), especially large language models, to transform psychiatric care in the world and in Türkiye.
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January 2025
Department of Psychology, University of Milano - Bicocca, Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1, Milan, MI, 20126, Italy.
Auditory iconic words display a phonological profile that imitates their referents' sounds. Traditionally, those words are thought to constitute a minor portion of the auditory lexicon. In this article, we challenge this assumption by assessing the pervasiveness of onomatopoeia in the English auditory vocabulary through a novel data-driven procedure.
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