Foldit education study published

Started May 16, 2025 by horowsah

horowsah Staff Lv 1

Thought some of you may find this an interesting read, our just published article about learning biochemistry via Foldit:
https://iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bmb.21906

alcor29 Lv 1

Thanks horowsah.

alcor29 Lv 1

Also, is it possible to read the whole experiment, and not just the abstract?

horowsah Staff Lv 1

Looks like Researchgate should work:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/391810255_Examining_the_Influences_of_Educational_Computer-Gaming_Play_on_Older_Adults%27_Learning_Using_the_Biochemistry_Video_Game_Foldit

alcor29 Lv 1

Thanks @horowsah

elisafadda Lv 1

Fab! Thank you

toshiue Lv 1

…and we're still "video game players".

beta_helix Staff Lv 1

Toshiue, at this point I don't think this will change :-(

Foldit Players is now an official author on pubmed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Players+F&cauthor_id=22065763
and even the Foldit wiki refers to "Foldit players": https://foldit.fandom.com/wiki/PDB-REDO_Foldit_results