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Games with a scientific purpose

The protein folding game Foldit shows that games are an effective way to recruit, engage and organize ordinary citizens to help solve difficult scientific problems.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Good, Benjamin M, Su, Andrew I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3334605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22204700
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2011-12-12-135
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