Dispensary Corner 15 Apr 13
April 15, 2013
A CANADIAN team of scientists
have discovered that broadening
your musical interests can be
“rewarding for the brain”.
A report published in the
journal Science describes a study
in which they used MRI scans
which showed that areas in the
“reward” part of the brain called
the nucleus accumbens became
active when people heard a song
for the first time.
Users were played a selection
of music while they were inside
an MRI machine, and were given
the opportunity to purchase the
tracks they liked in a simulated
online store.
The researchers found that they
could accurately predict which
songs the subjects would buy
based on their brain activity.
Dog food would have been a
whole lot cheaper.
A US man says he plans to find
a better place to store his money,
after his faithful 12-year-old
golden retriever ate $500 in cold
hard cash.
Wayne Klinkel left the canine,
named Sundance, in his car when
he was on the road heading to
visit his daughter and stopped for
dinner.
Klinkel doesn’t carry a wallet
on the advice of his chiropractor,
and left five crisp $100 bills in
the vehicle - only to find the bills
had been gobbled up when he
returned.
Somewhat devastated, he
apparently allowed nature to
take its course before collecting
“fragments” from the dog
droppings, which he painstakingly
taped together - hopefully after
some sort of disinfection.
He’s now waiting to hear from
the US Treasury Department after
sending the result to officials
there, in the hope of having the
notes replaced.
The dog appears to be quite
discerning, because as well as the
$100 bills there was a single $1
bill in the car - which the animal
ignored.
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