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Citizen science projects finally start exploring the mind
Joshua K. Hartshorne is a Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA post-doctoral fellow in the Computational Cognitive Science group at MIT and an occasional contributor to Scientific American Mind. He conducts research both in his brick-and-mortar laboratory and online at GamesWithWords.org. You can follow him on Twitter at @jkhartshorne. Follow Joshua K. Hartshorne on Twitter @jkhartshorne
Citizen science projects finally start exploring the mind
Citizen Science – projects which involve collaboration between professional scientists and teams of enthusiastic amateurs — is big these days.
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