telophase: (Koumyou - hee)
telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2009-09-21 10:33 am
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A new study...

Scientists find area of brain responsible for emotion in dead fish.

A serious study, but not for what's in the title - it's a study about how some common statistical methods used in fMRI research can give false positives if not properly controlled for.
piranha: MRI of dead salmon, text "dead salmon is silently judging you" (research)

[personal profile] piranha 2009-09-22 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
i hope they win an ignobel.

[identity profile] wintersweet.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my!

[identity profile] cerusee.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
That thing cracks me up so hard.

[identity profile] lady-ganesh.livejournal.com 2009-09-21 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone alert Ogi Ogas! (http://www.journalfen.net/community/unfunnybusiness/152992.html)