Terry Pratchett’s novels may have held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis, our new study suggests
theconversation.com
The author’s vocabulary narrowed a decade before diagnosis – a clue that could transform early dementia detection.
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Original Title: New study suggests Terry Pratchett’s novels may have held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis | Detecting Dementia Using Lexical Analysis: Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Tells a More Personal Story