The future of cognitive health
See cognitive change sooner.
Cognitive HealthTech is developing AI-driven digital biomarker technology to help identify subtle changes in cognitive functioning — creating the potential for earlier insight, faster decision-making and better-informed care.
Developed through research. Designed with lived experience. Built for the future of cognitive health.
The global brain health challenge
Cognitive change can begin long before it becomes obvious.
1 in 3
Neurological conditions affect 1 in 3 people worldwide and represent a major and growing global health challenge.
Changes in cognitive functioning can be difficult to recognise, often becoming apparent only once they begin to significantly affect everyday life.
Current approaches to cognitive assessment can also be slow, costly and intrusive — which means opportunities for earlier understanding are frequently missed.
We believe there is a better way to understand change.
A new approach to cognitive health
What if the signals were already there?
Every day, we communicate information through the way we speak, respond, behave and express ourselves. Cognitive HealthTech is developing an objective, non-invasive measurement framework designed to analyse subtle changes that can be difficult for the human eye to recognise.
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Expression.
Facial expression carries fine-grained information about processing and response.
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Behaviour.
Patterns of interaction and movement change gradually over time.
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Language.
Word choice, structure and fluency reflect underlying cognitive processes.
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Voice.
Timing, pitch and pauses in speech can carry measurable signal.
Cognitive HealthTech
Turning subtle human signals into meaningful insight.
Our brain health monitoring technology is being developed to analyse changes across multiple aspects of cognitive functioning and translate complex data into clear, personalised insights.
Make cognitive change easier to see, understand and act upon.
Explore Our TechnologyCognition isn’t one thing.
Cognitive functioning encompasses multiple interconnected abilities that influence how we think, communicate, remember, plan and interact with the world around us.
Six interconnected domains
Attention
How we focus, concentrate and respond to information.
These domains do not operate in isolation — a change in one often influences how others are expressed.
From everyday interaction to cognitive insight
Complex technology.
A remarkably simple experience.
Capture
A short guided session
Interface concept in development
Built on research
Evidence before assumption.
Cognitive HealthTech’s measurement methodology was developed following an extensive review of scientific research and informed by world-first research conducted with experts at The University of Sheffield.
The research explored how participation in different artistic disciplines contributes to changes across aspects of cognitive functioning, and helped inform the development of Cognitive HealthTech’s measurement framework.
Explore Our Research & Evidence- 01
- Research-led
- Methodology developed following an extensive review of scientific research.
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- Evidence-informed
- Informed by world-first research conducted with experts at The University of Sheffield.
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- Designed with lived experience
- Shaped alongside people with direct experience of cognitive change and care.
Cognitive HealthTech technology is in active development. We make no claims of clinical validation, diagnostic accuracy or regulatory approval.
Why now
The conditions for change are converging.
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Healthcare pressure
Earlier identification is becoming increasingly important as healthcare systems respond to the growing burden of neurological conditions.
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Technology
Smartphones and digital platforms make scalable, naturalistic data collection increasingly possible.
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Science
Research into speech, behaviour, gait and interaction patterns as cognitive-health signals continues to advance.
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Regulation
Digital-health and Software as a Medical Device frameworks are creating clearer pathways for responsible healthcare innovation.
Where technology meets care
Different perspectives.
One shared objective.
Working across health, research & innovation
Progress is built together.
Cognitive HealthTech works across an ecosystem of health, research and innovation organisations that support the development of responsible digital health technology.
- UK Research and Innovation
- Innovate UK
- University of Sheffield
- Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria
- Tees Valley Combined Authority
- NHS
- Northumbria University
- Pioneer
- Science and Technology Facilities Council
Organisations shown reflect the wider health, research and innovation ecosystem in which Cognitive HealthTech operates. Inclusion does not imply a formal partnership or endorsement.
Built by people. For people.
Technology shaped by science, experience and purpose.
Cognitive HealthTech brings together expertise across cognitive science, technology and lived experience, united by the ambition to improve how cognitive change is understood.
Meet Cognitive HealthTech
Victoria Burnip
CEO
Prof. Christian Morgner
CSO
Rob Boville
CTO
Lived experience & clinical advisory
Clinicians, carers and people with direct experience of cognitive change inform how the technology is designed.
Building momentum
The next chapter is already underway.
The future of cognitive health
Earlier insight can change what happens next.
Cognitive HealthTech is working towards a future where changes in cognitive health can be recognised earlier, understood more clearly and acted upon sooner.
See sooner.
Understand better.
Act earlier.