Comic #4562: fmri

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Comic Description:

Panel 1:

• Two characters are speaking.
• The first character, an older woman with glasses and gray hair, holds a piece of paper.
• She says: "In 2009, scientists ran a study that used normal fMRI analysis protocols to establish that a fish's brain was reacting to a photo. However, the study was done on a dead fish."

Panel 2:

• The second character, a younger person with brown hair, looks surprised.
• They say: "Wow, I guess the interpretation is obvious: you can’t always trust the established methods."

Caption below the panels:

• "Due to professional chauvinism, it took another century for scientists to discover that Atlantic salmon are the only animals with souls."