{"id":14303,"date":"2022-10-27T16:04:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T20:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/?p=14303"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:36:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:36:54","slug":"jim-davies-and-kim-hellemans-design-an-educational-video-game-with-two-undergraduate-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cognitivescience\/2022\/jim-davies-and-kim-hellemans-design-an-educational-video-game-with-two-undergraduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans design an educational video game with two undergraduate students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans design an educational video game with two undergraduate students\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans supervised two Carleton undergraduate students, Alexander Salgo and Galen O&#8217;Shea, in the creation of a video game that trains you to learn about action potentials in neurons. It is available in the iOS store (<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapps.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fpostsynaptic-simulator%2Fid1401481595&amp;data=05%7C01%7CUzmaKhan%40cunet.carleton.ca%7Cb8467430891649dc25c808dab6c1ba5e%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638023240412995325%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YAcUnvzUKTl41FqSrtLjbdLhPlGNRkHUbLTn9mmL9Xc%3D&amp;reserved=0\">apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/postsynaptic-simulator\/id1401481595<\/a>) and can be run on iPhones and iPads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read a review of the game here: <a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.genengnews.com%2Fresources%2Fbest-apps%2Fpostsynaptic-simulator%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CUzmaKhan%40cunet.carleton.ca%7Cb8467430891649dc25c808dab6c1ba5e%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638023240412995325%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hNGkmrJL16uSjUD7M8w4Y3Yg%2BV9YRJJg6UFx8Ve4urg%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.genengnews.com\/resources\/best-apps\/postsynaptic-simulator\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Davies and Kim Hellemans supervised two Carleton undergraduate students, Alexander Salgo and Galen O&#8217;Shea, in the creation of a video game that trains you to learn about action potentials in neurons. It is available in the iOS store (apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/postsynaptic-simulator\/id1401481595) and can be run on iPhones and iPads. 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