Reminds me of a "study" apparently with dead people, who's blood pressure rose when shown picutures of threatening situations.
I can't remember the "study" though. This one makes a good point that people often forget. An fMRI is NOT a picture of the working brain (as it is often promoted) but a statistical analysis of data based on an indirect measure of what is presumbed to be neural activity. --Mike On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:08 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Remarkable new experiment, a fMRI study by Bennett et al > reported at the 15th annual meeting of the Organization for > Brain Mapping in June this year in San Francisco. > > Meeting announcement at > http://www.meetingassistant3.com/OHBM2009/index.php > > From the Methods section of the abstract: > > Subject: One mature Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) participated > in the fMR study. The salmon was...not alive at the time of > scanning. > > Task: The task administered to the salmon involved completing > an open-ended mentalizing task. The salmon was shown a > series of photographs depicting human individuals in social > situations with a specified emotional valence. The salmon was > asked to determine what emotion the individual in the photo > must have been experiencing. > > http://prefrontal.org/files/posters/Bennett-Salmon-2009.jpg > for the abstract of the poster presentation (the poster itself, > actually) > > And if that doesn't make itself clear, try this: > http://tinyurl.com/mww9tj > > > Stephen > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University > e-mail: [email protected] > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
