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> [To build and strengthen new connections, the brain needs the challenge of fresh and unusual stimuli. … There's a lot of evidence to suggest that repetition is bad for brain health, and novelty is good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/to-build-and-strengthen-new-connections-the-brain-needs-the-challenge/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

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## More by Robert Winston

> [Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/although-religion-might-be-useful-in-developing-a-solid-moral/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [I don't much like being a public figure, because so often how people appear is not how they really are, and I think one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/i-don-t-much-like-being-a-public-figure-because-so-often-how-people/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [Women of child-bearing age steadily run out of eggs by the continuous process of cell death. While reading a copy of the 'Guardian' carefully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/women-of-child-bearing-age-steadily-run-out-of-eggs-by-the-continuous/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [Of course it is a very simple matter to identify genes which might modify intelligence or memory and start thinking about whether you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/of-course-it-is-a-very-simple-matter-to-identify-genes-which-might/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [Following 25 children for the TV series 'Child of Our Time' has been extraordinary. The BBC's original plan was to commemorate the new millennium.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/following-25-children-for-the-tv-series-child-of-our-time-has-been/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deeply in love with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/i-don-t-believe-in-regretting-one-should-try-to-move-on-my-mum-was/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [I don't think you can impose limits on science because the very nature of homo sapiens is that he - she - is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/i-don-t-think-you-can-impose-limits-on-science-because-the-very/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/when-i-look-in-the-mirror-i-am-slightly-reminded-of-self-portraits-by/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/surgeons-always-underestimate-the-pain-and-disability-involved-in/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [Carbon dioxide is unusual because it doesn't go through the usual three phases of matter, from solid to liquid to gas, but it goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/carbon-dioxide-is-unusual-because-it-doesn-t-go-through-the-usual/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [However you define God, and whether you believe in God or not, the world we live in has been shaped by the universal human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/however-you-define-god-and-whether-you-believe-in-god-or-not-the/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [I remember eating in school in the years after the Second World War. Most of my friends had miserable portions of Spam with an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/i-remember-eating-in-school-in-the-years-after-the-second-world-war/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [As parents, can we counter the effect of television violence? One worrying feature in Britain is that so many TV sets are in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/as-parents-can-we-counter-the-effect-of-television-violence-one/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [I'm a traditional Jew with an orthodox background, and it informs much of my approach to science. Of course I think it's very important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/i-m-a-traditional-jew-with-an-orthodox-background-and-it-informs-much/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

> [Robots may cut down on infection and mean a consultant can see more patients, but wouldn't you rather meet the doctor than a machine?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-winston/robots-may-cut-down-on-infection-and-mean-a-consultant-can-see-more/)

[Robert Winston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-winston/)

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