Turning point Craig Bennett

摘要

Craig Bennett, apostdoc in cognitive neuroscience at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has highlighted the prevalence of statistical errors in interpretations of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. He showed that such errors can lead to ambiguous and sometimes absurd results, such as registering brain activity in a dead salmon (C. M. Bennett et al. J. Serendipitous Unexpected Results 1,1-5; 2010). On 20 September, Bennett accepted an IgNobelPrize - a riff on the Nobel prize that recognizes unusual research -for his work. He describes how the fishy findings have affected the field and his career.