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Bladder pain earns Ig Nobel medicine prize
Brown University professor Peter Snyder and colleagues show that severe bladder pain reduces attention and decision making like mild intoxication or sleep deprivation. The 2011 Ig Nobel prize recognized this work and other quirky findings such as a wasabi smelling fire alarm and sighing research. The study aimed to reveal how pain influences information retention and choices.
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Annals of Improbable Research