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YT-DemTalk

dataset_name: YT-DemTalk
license: other
language:
  - en
task_categories:
  - classification
  - information-retrieval
tags:
  - dementia
  - mental-health
  - youtube
  - talking-head
  - video
size_categories:
  - n<1K
annotations_creators:
  - self reported diagnosis
source_datasets:
  - Youtube
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: data/train.csv

YouTube Dementia Speaking (URLs + Labels)

Last updated: 2025-10-30

A large dataset of YouTube links where a single person speaks to camera, with labels that correspond to the self reported dementia/alzheimer disgnosis in the table (e.g., dementia vs. neurotypical).
The repository intentionally stores only links and annotations, not the videos themselves.

Files

data/train.csv — canonical CSV (recommended)

Columns

label: (describe this column)
url: (describe this column)
split: (describe this column)

Please edit the descriptions above to reflect your exact schema. If you have a column for the class label, note the allowed values (e.g., dementia, control).

Intended Uses

Research on passive dementia screening and talking-head analysis
Link corpus for downstream scraping by end users respecting platform terms

Licensing & Content Ownership

This dataset repository contains only URLs and annotations.
Video/audio content is owned by the original creators and hosted on YouTube (or other platforms); users must comply with those platforms’ Terms of Service.
Choose an appropriate license for your annotations (the YAML header currently uses other as a placeholder; consider cc-by-4.0 for labels-only data if appropriate).

Ethical Considerations

Health-related labels may be sensitive. Consider IRB/ethics approvals and consent where applicable.
Avoid redistributing raw personal data; keep only minimal metadata necessary for research.
Be mindful of dataset misuse and downstream harms; document limitations and context.