Fronto-temporal dementia has hit the headlines after actor Bruce Willis announced his diagnosis with the aggressive brain disease.
Dr Owen Jones, a Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago, was recently awarded a Neurological Foundation grant to study this type of dementia.
Bruce Willis has recently been diagnosed with fronto-temporal dementia. Photo: AFP
Dr Jones says while there's still a lot to learn, learning a a new language has been shown to be beneficial in staving off dementia and that in a disease with no cure, prevention is key.
