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Jane Dickson

November 18th, 2016

2.4m Downloads

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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Jane Dickson

November 18th, 2016

2.4m Downloads

0 comments

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

As has been in the news recently, the online game Sea Hero Quest which was developed as a test to detect early onset dementia has crowdsourced 2.4 million users.

This is helping to set a new benchmark for the disease which has become the leading cause of death in the UK.

 

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About the author

Jane Dickson

I am an anthropologist on the D3 Delivering Digital Drugs Project based at LSE. I completed my PhD in the material culture of sustainability and green roofs. In my spare time I craft with glass, explore molecular gastronomy and love Sci-Fi.

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