Alzheimer's Disease Study by IBM Cites Language as an Early Sign of Disease

An artificial intelligence (AI) program analyzing language has been successful at predicting whether people with no memory or thinking problems would develop Alzheimer's disease later in life, reports USA Today . The study was conducted by IBM and funded by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. It found a computerized model analyzing language patterns accurately predicted up to 74 percent of participants diagnosed with Alzheimer's later in life. The study , which appeared late last month in the journal EClinicalMedicine , is the latest in an emerging research field focusing on early detection of a memory-robbing disease that afflicts approximately 5.8 million Americans.