Wanna Play? Computer Gamers Help Push Frontier Of Brain Research

Daniel Berger, a researcher at MIT, traced these neurons using the EyeWire game. Daniel Berger, a researcher at MIT, traced these neurons using the EyeWire game. People can get pretty addicted to computer games. By some estimates, residents of planet Earth spend 3 billion hours per week playing them. Now some scientists are hoping to make use of all that human capital and harness it for a good cause.