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Re:Risk of false positives in fMRI of post-mortem Atlantic s... by amasad on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @01:49AM (#15599057)
Did you actually hold up the photos for the dead fish to see? How did it feel like holding photos of people for a dead fish to see?
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Re:Risk of false positives in fMRI of post-mortem Atlantic s... by prefrontal on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @02:51AM (#15599263)
We were doing testing for an fMRI experiment that we planned to run with humans later. So, yes, all of the stimuli were presented to the salmon. It only felt a bit ridiculous at the time...
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Re:Risk of false positives in fMRI of post-mortem Atlantic s... by mikeash on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @12:10PM (#15602632)
I would like to see a study of which regions of the brain are active in scientists forced to show photos to a dead fish.
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