A Game that Maps the Human Brain: Claire O'Connell at TEDxAtlanta

About This Talk

Claire O'Connell and her colleagues at MIT have accelerated neurological research to map the human brain — painstaking work that involves mapping the connections between neurons — by turning it into a massive, online game now played by people all over the world.

About This Speaker

O'Connell is a 20-year-old graduating junior (!) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who says she plans to spend her life studying the profound connection between education and cognition, and using her findings to change global education.

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