Gallery: A Videogame That Recruits Players to Map the Brain

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    EyeWire is a game that helps scientists map the brain. *Image: EyeWire*
  • Players try to figure out how tangled sets of neurons connect to each other. Image EyeWire
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    Players try to figure out how tangled sets of neurons connect to each other. *Image: EyeWire*
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    Scientists know very little about how cells in the brain connect to one another. *Image: EyeWire*
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    The data you produce during gameplay doesn't just get you on a leader board—it's actually used by scientists to build a better picture of the mysterious human brain. *Image: EyeWire*
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    Mapped J-cells. Image: EyeWire
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    A fully-mapped cell. *Image: EyeWire*
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    EyeWire is not easy. As you can see, I need a little practice. *Image: EyeWire*
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