Play a Game to Help Map the Brain — July 12, 2013

Play a Game to Help Map the Brain

Scientists at MIT are hoping to map the 86 billion connected neurons in your brain, and have developed a browser game for you to help them accomplish this.

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Scientists at MIT are hoping to map the 86 billion connected neurons in your brain, and have developed a browser game for you to help them accomplish this. No scientific background required to play EyeWire. Over 70,000 people have played. So why wouldn’t you?

See the demo video here:

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