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title: "3 Brain Language Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Brain Language quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Brain Language sayings and thoughts."
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> [“But the brain does much more than just recollect it inter-compares, it synthesizes, it analyzes, it generates abstractions. The simplest thought like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/but-the-brain-does-much-more-than-just-recollect-it-inter-compares-it/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c30/carl-sagan-160_philosophy-of-mind_but-the-brain-does-much-more-than-just-r_1058486.jpg)

> [Experiments on split-brain patients reveal how readily the left brain interpreter can make up stories and beliefs. In one experiment, for example,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-gazzaniga/experiments-on-split-brain-patients-reveal-how-readily-the-left-brain/)

[Michael Gazzaniga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-gazzaniga/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd6/michael-gazzaniga-63167_action_experiments-on-split-brain-patients-reve_1694194.jpg)

> [ Language \[can\] be expressed . . . by movements of the hands and face just as well as by the small, sound-generating… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-lane/language-can-be-expressed-by-movements-of-the-hands-and-face-just-as/)

[Harlan Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-lane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/harlan-lane-110195_ability_language-can-be-expressed-by-movements-o_1734575.png)

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