WHAT IS THE MINDCROWD STUDY
MindCrowd® is the first online research project of its kind to study millions of individuals to help us discover how to reduce cognitive decline and disease as we age.
We want to enable the cognitive healthspan to better match the human lifespan.
If we know how the brain works in healthy individuals we may find out how to avoid or slow down memory loss or diseases like Alzheimer’s and other dementias as we age.
WHAT IS THE MINDCROWD RESEARCH STUDY
MindCrowd is a scientific study of healthy brains.
It is not a diagnostic test. By taking this quiz you will discover how your brain performs compared with others like you.
The MindCrowd study has a very large number of participants of all ages and backgrounds. Its size and diversity makes it one of the most important studies across the aging spectrum.
As many more people keep participating in MindCrowd, we will keep seeking the knowledge needed to optimize cognitive performance throughout life.
Watch the MindCrowd scientists explain how the scientific study works.
IMPORTANCE OF THE MINDCROWD STUDY
Reducing cognitive decline due to age or disease or allowing people to stay independent for longer could have many benefits.
- The First Online: MindCrowd is the first research project of its kind to study millions of individuals by harnessing the power of the internet. Being online allows more people to participate in research.
- Largest Study: MindCrowd is already one of the largest studies on brain aging, and our goal is to reach one million participants.
- Diversity & Inclusion in Scientific Research: For a study to be inclusive, participants should mirror the population. That’s why we invite everybody from 18 to 100+ to participate. When everyone is represented in research, scientists and medical professionals can find ways to help us all.
- Improve Quality of Life: Caregiving is not only emotionally taxing, it’s costly. Some caregivers may not be able to work while fulfilling their duties to their loved ones. Reducing cognitive decline due to age or disease or allowing people to stay independent for longer will improve the quality of life of the aging population and their caregivers.
- Saving Billions in Healthcare Costs: If individuals can remain active, healthier, and productive for longer in life, billions in healthcare costs could be saved.
Will you join this effort to find out how to prevent memory loss as we age – potentially help improve people’s quality of life and save billions in healthcare costs? Be a part of the MindCrowd Scientific Research by playing a free online memory game.
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONTRIBUTORS & SUPPORTERS
MindCrowd Study Contributors:
- The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
- University of Arizona
- City of Hope National Medical Center
- University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Emory University
- UCLA Health
- Georgia State University
- Arizona State University
The study is supported by:
- Mike Mueller and the Mueller Family Charitable Trust
- The Arizona Department of Health Services through the Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium
- Flinn Foundation
- The McKnight Brain Research Foundation
- The National Institute on Aging
- Institutional support from TGen and the University of Arizona
- Many anonymous donors