Long
story short, it’s about pilot study on 41 healthy men and 30 men
with some mental disorders. They did Iowa Gambling Test which is a
psychological task thought to simulate real-life process of decision
making.
We
found some difference in brain activity during this exam between
healthy people and ill ones.
For
example our experiment showed that the people with psychiatric
disorders have the amygdala more frequently hyperactive compared to
healthy participants from the control group.
The
amygdala is an almond-shape set of neurons located deep in the
brain's medial temporal lobe.
Unfortunately, we did not have enough research sample to build a classifier for recognizing specific mental illnesses. Here are some questions for You: 1.How does Iowa Gambling Test look? Have you heard about this test before? 2.Do You think that with much more participants we will be able to build classifiers for recognizing specific diseases?
3.What
do you think about using AI in diagnosis of mental ilnesses or other
sickness?
4.
Will it replace psychiatrists or other specialists in the future?