MILWAUKEE: NeuroVigil will deploy its award-winning neurotechnology to senior living communities around the world to monitor the aging brain. The announcement was made by Dr. Philip Low, NeuroVigil’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
NeuroVigil will make it possible to collect vast amounts of neurobiological data from seniors. The program will be optional, on a voluntary basis, non-invasive, will not require hospitalization nor will it interfere with medical care, and all data will be anonymized. The program could be used by researchers to investigate changes in brain activity induced by aging, or changes in diet, lifestyle, or sleep. The data will be collected with iBrain, NeuroVigil’s portable brain monitoring device, and processed by NeuroVigil’s proprietary algorithms, including the SPEARS algorithm, which converts electroencephalogram (EEG), into maps of brain activity…