Navigation skill as a
brain health metric.
We’re living the longest lives in human history, but at the same time offloading brain functions to AI and GPS without thinking.
Getting lost is one of the earliest symptoms for Alzheimer’s, yet it’s not actively measured.
Sea Hero Quest is designed to stress test your navigation ability with daily maps.
Daily: You simply navigate maps by sailing a boat through mazes designed by neuroscientists.
Seal Pup
Fortnightly: Earn a brain animal every 2 weeks of consecutive play.
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14Over time: Discover trend data with a globally normalised navigation score.
Every 2 minutes of play contributes 5 hours worth of lab data to researchers, powering next-generation discoveries into the brain.
Built on the foundations of the citizen science success story where 4.3 million people came together, across 192 countries, to help scientists fight dementia.
Sea Hero Quest has now helped researchers publish 32 papers and has supported more than 200 studies across the globe to make new discoveries in Alzheimer’s, amnesia, aphantasia, rare diseases and many more!
We’re scaling our servers up and shaping the best experience for new players directly with the community.
There is an active beta you can get involved with to help us build the best experience possible.
We know some of you want to dive into the research and get into the depths of how spatial navigation is the perfect early indicator for brain diseases like Alzheimer’s.
We’re keeping a record of interesting publications and preprints on our papers page.
Our Collaborators
Applied Machine Learning
Longitudinal & Episodic Memory
Behavioural Neuroscience