The well-being of a neuron depends on its ability to communicate with other neurons. Studies have shown that electrical and chemical stimulation… — Lisa Genova Copy Share Image
Most theoretical work since the proposals of Hebb (1949) and Hayek (1952) has relied upon particular forms of dependent synaptic rules in… — Gerald Edelman Copy Share Image
The structure of the human brain is enormously complex. It contains about 10 billion nerve cells (neurons), which are interlinked in a… — Fritjof Capra Copy Share Image
Consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
Even then, more than a year earlier, there were neurons in her head, not far from her ears, that were being strangled… — Lisa Genova Copy Share Image
If my dramatic career doesn't work out, I will go on to research and find cures for Alzheimer's or Parkinson's and other… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
Throughout our lifetimes, we are constantly regenerating new brain cells in the hippocampus, a process called neurogenesis. New stem cells are constantly… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
“Consistent and chronic distractions have the power we give it focal access, to rob us of our long-term historic memory of unhurried… — Tracey Bond Copy Share Image
Such a bandwidth! God, who may not have a brain made of neurons, or a CPU made of silicon, but if he… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
For the last century of neuroscience, lots of people have tried to control neurons using all sorts of different technologies - pharmacology… — Edward Boyden Copy Share Image
It's this expandable capacity to represent reasons that we have that gives us a soul. But what's it made of? It's made… — Daniel Dennett Copy Share Image
Imagine something a million times more powerful than your smartphone that is the size of a brain cell interfacing with your biological… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
“The really amazing thing about all this is no matter what you believe,it took some doing to get from a point where… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
