Why do some people enjoy looking at beautiful art? Why do some people enjoy looking at ugly art? Could it have something to do with how much they enjoy pain?
Are goldfish as dumb as we think they are? Can they learn to drive cars to forage for food?
In this episode, Lu and Tirth discuss the effects of looking at paintings on physical pain tolerance and how goldfish are perhaps as smart as a 16-year-old human.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:33 Tirth’s interesting wedding
8:09 Pain study
19:29 Goldfish study
29:48 Let’s read some mail
32:58 What did you learn today, outro
Article links:
de Tommaso et al., 2008. Aesthetic value of paintings affects pain thresholds. Consciousness and Cognition. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053810008001177
Giveon et al., 2022. From fish out of water to new insights on navigation mechanisms in animals. Behavioural Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2021.113711
Goforth et al., 2024. Impacts of lid closure during toilet flushing and of toilet bowl cleaning on viral contamination of surfaces in United States restrooms. American Journal of Infection Control. https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553%2823%2900820-9/fulltext
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