{"id":28155,"date":"2016-09-21T15:10:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/?p=28155"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:50:05","slug":"world-alzheimers-day-go-on-a-sea-hero-quest-to-retrieve-lost-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/world-alzheimers-day-go-on-a-sea-hero-quest-to-retrieve-lost-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"World Alzheimer’s Day : go on a Sea Hero Quest to retrieve lost memories!"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 21st is World Alzheimer’s Day<\/strong> ; now is probably better a time than any to help research on dementia makes its next leap forward.<\/p>\n

Game company Glitchers developed the game Sea Hero Quest<\/strong>, where a man sets out to recover his father’s lost memories. Going on a virtual adventure is certainly fun, but the game also makes an impact in the physical world : it aims at pinpointing the exact mechanisms that come into play when humans attempts to find their bearings in order to take research on Alzheimer’s to the next level.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sea Hero Quest : taking\u00a0research on Alzheimer’s to the next level<\/h2>\n

\"SeaOne of the first symptoms of dementia in general and Alzheimer’s in particular is an impaired sense of direction<\/strong> ; therefore one of the top challenges of related research is to get a clear understanding of the way men and women find their bearings and\u00a0what happens when they get lost.<\/p>\n

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Read more :\u00a0Diet and Alzheimer’s : daily guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

With that end in mind, Glitchers, a company specialising in scientifically-oriented games, created Sea Hero Quest<\/strong>\u00a0with the support of German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom and other organisations such as Alzheimer’s Research UK.<\/p>\n

The general idea is simple : a young man must retrace the route his father took in order to retrieve his lost memories, within five different layouts. Players will have to find their bearings and fight off sea monsters : all the while, their positions will be relayed to a team of scientists who will use them as a means to pinpoint the orientation mechanisms that come into play when trying to get through\u00a0several labyrinths.<\/p>\n

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“What makes this project really unique is the combination of cutting edge science with a games design company to reach out to hundreds of thousands of people in an experiment that we couldn’t do in a lab.<\/em>” UCL neuroscientist Hugo Spiers<\/strong> declared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n