“Psychiatric illnesses were classified into two major groups—organic illnesses and functional illnesses—based on presumed differences in their origin. That classification, which dated to the nineteenth century, emerged from postmortem examinations of the brains of mental patients.” — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the underlying precept of the new science of mind is that all mental processes are biological—they all depend on organic molecules and cellular… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
In the 1950s and early 1960s, psychoanalysis swept through the intellectual community, and it was the dominant mode of thinking about the mind. People… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
In art, as in science, reductionism does not trivialize our perception - of color, light, and perspective - but allows us to see each… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I don't think neurobiology is going to replace aesthetics or art history. It's a parallel discipline that adds a new dimension. I always compare… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
One of the ultimate challenges of biology is to understand how the brain becomes consciously aware of perception, experience and emotion. But it is… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I see psychoanalysis, art and biology ultimately coming together, just like cognitive psychology and neuroscience have merged. — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
The brain is a complex biological organ possessing immense computational capability: it constructs our sensory experience, regulates our thoughts and emotions, and controls our… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
Ever since the Enlightenment, people thought that we were living in a rational universe. They thought that God was a mathematician and that the… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I was interested in the nature of human mental processes, which is what got me interested in psychoanalysis. And it became clear to me… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
It may act as an ancillary factor, but by itself, the mutation in tau doesn't give you Alzheimer's disease. This is not to say… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
If you have a lesion in the hippocampus in both sides, you have short term memory, but you can convert that short term memory… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
