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SUMMARY:A new way to collect population level cognitive data?  - Professor
  Michael Hornberger
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CONTACT:Charlotte A'Court
DESCRIPTION:The University of East Anglia’s involvement in dementia rese
 arch has contributed significantly to advancing our understanding of the d
 etection and early signs of dementia\, right through to the care and post-
 diagnosis support required for someone living with the disease.  \n\nMajor
  findings have come from a game called Sea Hero Quest\, an adventure game 
 encompassing different levels where the player is taken into a virtual rea
 lity world. The player needs to navigate through the land by using landmar
 ks and visual clues\, all with the aim of collecting lost pieces of an oce
 an journal belonging to their father.\n  \nIt was Michael Hornberger\, the
  professor of dementia research at UEA who co-developed the game. Amazingl
 y\, the first 12 months since the launch of Sea Hero Quest attracted a sta
 ggering 2.8 million people to play the game. This amount of data equates t
 o hundreds of years’ worth of lab research. This highlights the power ap
 ps have in research when used in the correct way and suggests research doe
 sn’t always have to involve lengthy hours of working in a laboratory.
LOCATION:Herchel Smith Building Seminar Room
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