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The Power Of Famous Faces: New Test Identifies Early Dementia
Simple tests that measure the ability to recognize and name famous people such as Albert Einstein, Bill Gates or Oprah Winfrey may help doctors identify early dementia in those 40 to 65 years of age, according to new Northwestern Medicine research. Credit: Northwestern University The research appears in the August 13, 2013, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. “These tests also differentiate between recognizing a face and actually naming it, which can help identify the specific type of cognitive impairment a person has,” said study lead author Tamar Gefen, a doctoral candidate in neuropsychology at the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Gefen did the research in the lab of senior author Emily Rogalski, assistant research professor at Northwestern’s Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center.
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