Developing and validating natural language processing tools for memory assessment (NIA R21)
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Deadline✓ Verified
Aug 31, 2027
Funder
National Institute on Aging
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About This Grant
Alzheimer's disease is a debilitating condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Understanding the progression of memory decline in Alzheimer's and other memory-related disorders is critical for developing effective treatments and interventions. However, large-scale longitudinal studies of autobiographical memory, which would provide insight into the progression of memory decline, have been difficult to conduct due to the time and effort required to manually score the Autobiographical Interview, the gold-standard method for assessing autobiographical memory. To reduce the scoring burden and enable larger studies on autobiographical memory, PI Dr. van Genugten and OSC Dr. Schacter developed software to automatically score interview responses with natural language processing. Preliminary validation of this AI tool with five datasets shows strong agreement between software-generated and manually generated memory scores. This grant proposes to further develop and rigorously evalu
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