Visual processing tests could help diagnose some common forms of dementia

The dementia associated with Parkinson's disease could be diagnosed earlier with new visual tests developed by University of Queensland researchers. Neurologist Peter Nestor from UQ's Queensland Brain Institute and Mater Hospital Brisbane's Memory and Cognitive Disorders Clinic led the development of the tests to detect early signs of dementia in Lewy body disease, which includes Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.

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