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February 9, 2010 1:56 PM

Neuroscience explained using LOLcats (SLLJ). You're-a-kitty filter. That is all.

Bonus: "Toward A Cognitive And Social Neuroscience of Humor Processing" (PDF)

posted by Joey Michaels (23 comments total)

Love kitties. Love cute kitty pictures. But now feel as though I ate 20 cones of cotton candy. Gaaaah.
posted by bearwife at 1:59 PM on February 9, 2010

Cat on a keyboard in space predates lolcats, IIRC.

But it was a good thing. Too good and cutesy. We need the opposite of a chaser.
posted by mccarty.tim at 2:03 PM on February 9, 2010

opposite of a chaser

Check out the bonus link.
posted by Joey Michaels at 2:06 PM on February 9, 2010

yeah, that's gonna work really well when my kids are old enough to want me to explain this. thanks.
posted by davejay at 2:06 PM on February 9, 2010

Egads, how did I bork that? Drat - clean up on aisle five, oh Mods. Sorry and thank you for the fixed link.
posted by Joey Michaels at 2:12 PM on February 9, 2010

More sites should include the auto-bork feature.
posted by Joey Michaels at 2:18 PM on February 9, 2010

I think that this site is a weird twist on the well understood Felis Proxima Equation. The only way to have cats and neuroscience work together, is if the cats explain it.
posted by LD Feral at 2:21 PM on February 9, 2010 [2 favorites]

Isn't Autobork the new Swedish magazine for car enthusiasts?
posted by blue_beetle at 2:25 PM on February 9, 2010 [2 favorites]

yes, but according to Anders Loves Maria, it's only for car enthusiasts who are, uh, possibly a bit too enthusiastic...
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 2:49 PM on February 9, 2010

The bonus link made me a cookie but it eated it.
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:14 PM on February 9, 2010 [5 favorites]

Om nom neuron
posted by hypersloth at 3:55 PM on February 9, 2010 [1 favorite]

Anyone else notice the "visual description" section below the actual neuroscience-cat-lesson. Why??

for instance:
Image: A calico cat looking very happy as he chomps on a cob of corn.

What a delightfully quirky page.
posted by captain cosine at 4:59 PM on February 9, 2010

My understanding is that the description is for her vision impaired readers. She also works with fruit.
posted by Joey Michaels at 5:02 PM on February 9, 2010

They forgot the Schwann cells. Those things don't get enough love.
posted by DoktorFaustus at 6:05 PM on February 9, 2010

What a fun find. Thank you!
posted by Zinger at 6:15 PM on February 9, 2010

*pant* *pant* I'm here, what did I miss!?
posted by you're a kitty! at 6:20 PM on February 9, 2010 [7 favorites]

Actually, that's kind of amazing, because my other interest besides cats happens to be neuroscience. And time travel.
posted by you're a kitty! at 6:23 PM on February 9, 2010

So charming. Loved that. Thanks for the post, Joey Michaels.
posted by nickyskye at 6:41 PM on February 9, 2010

My understanding is that the description is for her vision impaired readers.

I always thought that is what what longdesc was for.
posted by MysteriousMan at 7:14 PM on February 9, 2010

THE BEST NEUROSCIENCE STUDY GUIDE EVER
(BECAUSE IT HAS CATS)

AND WE DIDNT CUT THEIR HEADS OPEN BREAK THEIR SPINES OR GLUE THEIR EYELIDS SHUT FOR THIS PAPER
posted by NikitaNikita at 8:10 PM on February 9, 2010 [2 favorites]

Oh, wait. Study guide, not study.

Uh, carry on.
posted by NikitaNikita at 8:10 PM on February 9, 2010

"Web 1.0 was invented to allow physicists to share research papers.

Web 2.0 was created to allow people to share pictures of cute cats."

I think we may be witnessing the birth of Web 3.0: scientific research, explained by cute cats!
posted by Jacqueline at 12:03 AM on February 10, 2010 [3 favorites]

Bonus link wants a log-in now. Sigh.
posted by JHarris at 2:01 AM on February 10, 2010