Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses. As many as 280 million people worldwide are affected by this disease, which is why researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that helps to identify depression based on both speech and brain neural activity.
Kaunas University of Technology Nov 20 2024 Depression is one of the most common mental illnesses. As many as 280 million people worldwide are affected by this disease, which is why researchers at Kaunas University of Technology have developed an artificial intelligence model that helps to identify depression based on both speech and brain neural activity.
According to Musyyab Yousufi, KTU PhD student who contributed to the invention, the choice of data was carefully considered: "While it is believed that, facial expressions might reveal more about a person's psychological state, but this is quite easily falsifiable data. We chose voice because it can subtly reveal an emotional state, with the diagnosis affecting the pace of speech, intonation, and overall energy".
MODMA EEG data was collected and recorded for five minutes while participants were awake, at rest, and with their eyes closed. In the audio part of the experiment, the patients participated in a question-and-answer session and several activities focused on reading and describing pictures to capture their natural language and cognitive state.
In the future, this AI model could speed up the diagnosis of depression, or even make it remote, and reduce the risk of subjective evaluations. This requires further clinical trials and improvements to the programme. However, Maskeliūnas adds, that the latter aspect of the research might raise some challenges.
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