Can a fish from the shop show brain activity?
Neural correlates of interspecies perspective taking in the post-mortem Atlantic Salmon: an argument for proper multiple comparisons correction
A dead salmon in a brain scanner appeared to “respond” to photos of people. It was the statistics, not a ghost fish.
Ig Nobel 2012
Researchers placed a dead salmon from the shop in an fMRI scanner, showed it photos of people in social situations, and asked it what they were feeling.
Without proper statistical corrections, some “brain activity” showed up. The point was to show how sloppy analysis creates false findings, and it changed how brain-scan studies are done.
A fishy result, and a lesson every scientist now remembers.