MIAMI: Citizen scientists are being encouraged to join the fight to tackle dementia by playing a game on their phones.
Scientists hope that the more people play Sea Hero Quest, the better awareness they will have about human spatial navigation.
As players make their way through mazes of islands and icebergs, every second of gameplay will be translated into scientific data by experts exploring this area of the brain.
Launching the game, telecommunication company Deutsche Telekom said it would take over five hours of traditional research to gather the same amount of data that will be generated by one player gaming for just two minutes.
For many people living with dementia, one of the first symptoms they experience is a loss of spatial awareness, as they lose the ability to navigate their way through even well known places and environments….