I can state with complete assurance that for each of us our brains form the material basis of our experiences and memories,… — John Eccles Copy Share Image
Putting a rheumatologist at the head of a committee that arguably was going to have more influence over brain research than any… — Steve Fainaru Copy Share Image
“There is no relationship between brain size and intelligence. There is however a strong correlation between the size of the brain and… — Andre the BFG Copy Share Image
I remember doing this little physical gesture of holding up my foot and having my foot wave around while I held my… — Paul Rust Copy Share Image
“The Net’s interactivity gives us powerful new tools for finding information, expressing ourselves, and conversing with others. It also turns us into… — Nicholas G. Carr Copy Share Image
I suspect that pleasure is mainly used to turn off parts of the brain so you can keep fresh the memories of… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
Giving up an addiction means re-programming that part of your brain that makes you restless and unhappy if a desire is not… — Ken Keyes Jr Copy Share Image
The human brain is like a memory system that records every thing that happens to us and makes intelligent predictions based on… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Since the universe must contain millions of appropriate planets, consciousness in some form - but not with the paired eyes and limbs,… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
We live longer and healthier lives than ever before. Animal research has improved the treatment of infections, helped with immunisation, improved cancer… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts, Teach us something please, Whether we be old and bald, Or young with scabby knees, Our heads… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But the brain does much more than just recollect it inter-compares, it synthesizes, it analyzes, it generates abstractions. The simplest thought like… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Just as an informal, nonscientific observation, most people's personalities don't seem to change very much during their lives. There are exceptions in… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Freemasonry is 'veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols' because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may… — Carl H. Claudy Copy Share Image
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
But if it’s true that the only true life I had was the life of my brain, what sense does it make… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
Our brain is so adaptive and so powerful that our own thoughts during a painful period can lead us to experience a… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
I focus on consumer Internet. Sometimes it's a working prototype; sometimes it's an idea on a napkin. I don't do a ton… — Kevin Rose Copy Share Image
I know I'm not a good actor; I just don't have that natural ability to perform when someone narrates a scene. What… — Arvind Swami Copy Share Image
If the Bible and my brain are both the work of the same infinite God, whose fault is it that the book… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
You have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to… — Anne Parillaud Copy Share Image
Boxing is strange to watch. It's impossible to take your eyes off of it. Part of our brains like to watch violence.… — Jonathan Eig Copy Share Image
Most people may not realize the tremendous value that therapy/companion/comfort animals have for the purposes of easing the suffering of those with… — Ken Wahl Copy Share Image
“And since nothing whatever happens to us outside our own brain; since nothing hurt us or gives us pleasure except within the… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
When the news broke that John McCain had been diagnosed with brain cancer, the outpouring of well wishes all hailed his toughness. — John Dickerson Copy Share Image
If I get writer's block - this is going to sound funny - I take a shower. Something about the water feels… — Julia Michaels Copy Share Image
“Everything you are is a feature of your brain, and as such much of what your brain does is dedicated to making… — Dean Burnett Copy Share Image
The world is beset by many problems, but in my opinion, this hijacking of our brain's reward centers by electronic media is… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Terry said he had this new kid and his wife didn't want to live in England. He wanted to tour. He hated… — Andy Partridge Copy Share Image
Obviously, our children, who have been playing with their computers since the age of five or six, don't have quite the same… — Claude Vorilhon Copy Share Image
Oxytocin infusion increases generosity in unilateral monetary transfers by 80 percent [and] increases donations to charity by 50 percent. — Paul J. Zak Copy Share Image
It's nonverbal: I need love. I need the thing that happens when your brain shuts off and your heart turns on. And… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
What happens [in a coma] is that you lose the grounding of the self, you no longer have access to any feeling… — Antonio Damasio Copy Share Image
Shock waves to a tired brain, sends that hungry lady to my door again. She's my shelter from the storm when I… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Cocoa boosts brain serotonin. Almost every single antidepressant aims at either enhancing serotonin or keeping it in the brain longer. Chocolate or… — Chris Kilham Copy Share Image
We absolutely do some of the best science in the world in Canada, across a broad spectrum of disciplines: quantum computing in… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to… — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
Talking about smart thinking, The British-made 'Brain Training Podcast' is a brief daily workout for the mind that could easily get addictive. — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
Do not borrow the productions of other men's brains and pens and recite them as a lesson; but make the most of… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
When you massage someone, the levels of oxytocin go up in the brain, and oxytocin is one of the chemicals that drives… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
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