a prediction

This morning, in about an hour, there will take place, as a special session of the Human Brain Mapping meeting, an awards ceremony announcing the winners of the Pittsburgh Brain Connectivity Competition. I have very much enjoyed attending this session in past years, and am looking forward to attending this year. And, I have a prediction, which is that this year the prizes will go predominantly to European and Asian research groups, because folks from North America could not focus on this competition, because they were too busy applying for NIH stimulus grants. More later!