Dogs in (K) Space The goal of The Dog Project is to use fMRI to decode the dog-human relationship from the dog’s perspective. We hope to learn what a dog is really thinking. [via] While in the scanner, they gave the dog a visual cue, a hand signal for hotdog treat, and his little caudate showed activity…in human brains, this means we are expecting something good to happen. I mean, sure that’s neat. And to see if they experience empathy for others? Alright. I get it. Unrelated FYI, it’s about $1000 smackers per participant to run a scan for a human study, and that’s if you have a good relationship going with whatever institution has the scanner. I’m restraining all my bitter comments about funding, and there’s no treat for that.  [img]

Dogs in (K) Space

The goal of The Dog Project is to use fMRI to decode the dog-human relationship from the dog’s perspective. We hope to learn what a dog is really thinking. [via]

While in the scanner, they gave the dog a visual cue, a hand signal for hotdog treat, and his little caudate showed activity…in human brains, this means we are expecting something good to happen. I mean, sure that’s neat. And to see if they experience empathy for others? Alright. I get it.

Unrelated FYI, it’s about $1000 smackers per participant to run a scan for a human study, and that’s if you have a good relationship going with whatever institution has the scanner. I’m restraining all my bitter comments about funding, and there’s no treat for that. 

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    i still don’t understand neuroscience but this is actually really cool
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