34. Citizen Science and the science of gamification
Discovery Matters
English - April 29, 2021 10:10 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsLife Sciences Science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 32. Discovery Makers: Dorraya El-Ashry
What's the science behind apps like Duolingo and Yousician? Gamification! And what happens when you apply this science to ... scientific discoveries?
Join Dodi and Conor and their guests, Zoran Popovic, University of Washington and Helen Spiers, Zooniverse.
Reading material:
https://www.geekwire.com/2020/protein-puzzle-game-called-foldit-turns-99-promising-ways-confound-coronavirus/
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1412171/1/p79-eveleigh.pdf
https://dragonbox.com/about/algebra-challenge
https://stemforall2020.videohall.com/presentations/1810
Keywords: game, gamification, protein, puzzles, Foldit, Zooniverse, COVID, MOSAK, dopamine, Endoplasmic Reticulum.