Visual processing tests could help diagnose some common forms of dementia

The dementia associated with Parkinson's illness could beryllium diagnosed earlier with caller ocular 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 improvement of the tests to observe aboriginal signs of dementia successful Lewy assemblage disease, which includes Parkinson's illness and dementia with Lewy bodies.