These Puzzles Will Make You Understand Just What It's Like to Live With Dementia

Babylon Health researchers collaborated with Dementia Trust UK on five puzzles that demonstrate the experience of living with dementia, reports Interesting Engineering . The puzzles present five separate concepts, designed to make users experience the kinds of emotions that someone with dementia might have in answering questions. The puzzles include a challenge designed to make users feel stupid, an unwinnable memory game, an image test that will bring the user's abilities into doubt, a reading comprehension test weighted against the subject, and a questionnaire that makes unexpected conclusions. "The humiliation arising from not being able to complete simple puzzles gives rise to anger," says researcher June Andrews. "Do you feel like you're being set up to fail? It's even worse if you didn't want to be tested in the first place. It's not surprising therefore that people avoid seeking a diagnosis, but that delay can stop them from making preparations and accessing care while time runs out."