More than 10,000 people are affected by Parkinson's disease in Scotland but research suggests there is a woeful lack of knowledge about the condition.
Parkinson's UK said more than three-quarters (77%) of people have little or no knowledge of the degenerative neurological disease.
The charity said that, beyond the most visible sign of Parkinson's – a tremor or shake – most of those questioned (73%) did not know what other symptoms to look for, such as freezing to the spot or a fixed facial expression.
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