Last lecture of the academic year done selfie

New achievement unlocked: I’m now teaching “memory and learning” to more than one species 🧪🐈

Sitting under one of them right now. Don’t know the name but these trees have superdense foliage and give the only type of shade that makes live bearable in the hot Mediterranean summers here

Mine checks out

whoops, here are those images

And last, participant 8's neurons where we see carbs, cocktails, Lego Darth Vader and a space school bus. HMMMM.

I'm also extra curious what this human was holding in the original image. Huge lollies? Or spun sugar? Or two legs of lamb?

Now, this is interesting, in participant 7, a toilet is in the first place, but this is a special toilet, although I can't see so well exactly what is going on. Delfts blauw toilet? Again toilet and bananas combination, like participant 4. Also scissors?

Participant 6: fruits and sweets. And an interest in food prep with the appearance of some kitchen tools.

In participant 4's food neurons we see carbs and fruits and .... a toilet! Related? Fibers are important. And lots that goes in also has to go out? Are theses neurons contributing to associations between food intake and their physiological consequences?

Cruciferous veggies are the way into participant 3's (food neuron's) heart! And also crocheting projects (which I 100% understand).

Those food neurons love snack platters, chocolate cake and pizza in participant 2!

Participant 1 (S1)'s brain seems to like: carbs with melted cheese and desserts. Also drizzled semi liquids.

Jain et al. are so kind to show us the "Top 10" images per subject that evoked the largest response in this newly discovered ventral food area. Note that due to licensing concerns, some images depicting humans were replaced by stick figures drawn by one of the authors. doi.org/10.1038/s420...

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