Innovative research will use AI to understand dementia’s linguistic footprint in Latin America
Latin America faces an imminent and daunting challenge: The prevalence of dementia is projected to surge by 180-250% by 2050. Access to a timely and appropriate health system remains a significant hurdle, with an estimated 70-90% of patients in the region left underserved. However, amidst this bleak landscape, advanced technologies, particularly artificial intelligence and natural […]
Santander X Award for TELL
TELL won the Santander X Uruguay Award 2023, in the startup category. Congratulations to the whole team!
TELL lands on Behavior Research Methods
A full description of TELL v.1.0.0 has been published in Behavior Research Methods, the main scientific journal on cognitive science methods, techniques, and instrumentation. We are proud to receive this validation from a world-leading expert venue. See the full paper here.
Monumental study to detect linguistic markers of neurodegeneration (in Spanish)
It is well known that most medical studies and clinical trials are conducted in white populations from developed countries. And although the risk of suffering from different diseases depends very closely on socioenvironmental and socioeconomic factors, the same is true for dementias and other neurodegenerative disorders. There are 7000 languages in the world and only […]
New funding for the development of an automated dementia detection and characterization system awarded by ReDLat scientists (in Spanish)
Dementia is a crucial health problem in contemporary society, and two of its most common variants are frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. In Latin America, this condition represents great challenges, given the burden it imposes not only on those who suffer from it, but also on their families who must redouble the efforts associated with […]
Talk at CAEII
Talk on the origins and horizons of TELL during the 21st Argentine Congress of Students of Industrial Engineering and Related Careers.
$8M NIH grant on language and dementia
The Cognitive Neuroscience Center (University of San Andrés, Argentina), together with the ReDLat consortium, will lead the largest study of language, AI, neuroscience and dementia in the region. The project, titled «An automated machine learning approach to language changes in Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia across Latino and English-speaking populations», is aimed at developing an […]
Linguistic markers of neurodegenerative diseases, ANA Congress
Talk on the latest advances in linguistic markers of brain health. For more information, please click here.
TELL has become a member of the AABC!
TELL, our speech testing app, has been incorporated into the Alzheimer’s Association Business Consortium. We are excited to team up with notable stakeholders to develop scalable solutions for patients worldwide. For more information on the AABC, click here.
Artificial intelligence and medicine: five free apps to detect possible diseases and take care of your health (in Spanish)
The same engine that drives the wheel of artificial intelligence is beginning to control clinical tools capable of analyzing a patient’s condition and providing immediate diagnoses with a high degree of certainty. In this article, five free applications to consult medical symptoms remotely and take care of your health. You can read the full article, […]