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  • 2014 Ig Nobel Awards

    http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wir...wards-25608761
    The award in neuroscience indicates scientific interest in the root causes of eppigies has finally arrived :whistle:
    http://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird...cience-n206641
    The relevant study:
    http://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird...-toast-n101511
    "The man in the moon. Jesus in toast. The Virgin Mary in a grilled cheese sandwich. Faces are everywhere — even when they're not, strictly speaking, supposed to be.
    Now, new research reveals the brain processes that underlie these facial false alarms, a phenomenon called "face pareidolia." The findings suggest that expectations matter. When people expect to see a face, these expectations may activate a brain region responsible for processing faces, the researchers report in the April issue of the journal Cortex."
    Or, as we know so well, a face in a rock
    Rhode Island

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    ...who pays these people?...second thought,dont tell me... maybe they should do a study on that.
    call me Jay, i live in R.I.

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    • #3
      Interesting and laughable read...Your right it explains all those cases of the Indian head on the arrowhead.... I wonder about the true scientific value of some of those topics and I hope were not funding it, but we probably are  :crazy:
      Josh (Ky/Tn collector)

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