--- title: "11 Neural Connections Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 11 Neural Connections quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Neural Connections sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39d/jennifer-april-36013_writing_hand-writing-has-been-shown-to-form-stro_679554.jpg" --- > [“hand writing has been shown to form stronger neural connections.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-april/hand-writing-has-been-shown-to-form-stronger-neural-connections/) [Jennifer April](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-april/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39d/jennifer-april-36013_writing_hand-writing-has-been-shown-to-form-stro_679554.jpg) > [“There are an estimated 100 billion neurons residing inside the skull with an exponential amount of neural connections”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michio-kaku/there-are-an-estimated-100-billion-neurons-residing-inside-the-skull/) [Michio Kaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michio-kaku/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95a/michio-kaku-907_brain_there-are-an-estimated-100-billion-neuro_111520.png) > [If we keep practicing mental skills it is likely we can strengthen neural connections and make new connections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippa-perry/if-we-keep-practicing-mental-skills-it-is-likely-we-can-strengthen/) [Philippa Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippa-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d27/philippa-perry-17021_connections_if-we-keep-practicing-mental-skills-it-i_808097.png) > [We learn best with focused attention. As we focus on what we're learning, the brain maps that information on what we already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-goleman/we-learn-best-with-focused-attention-as-we-focus-on-what-we-re/) [Daniel Goleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-goleman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/daniel-goleman-1599_attention_we-learn-best-with-focused-attention-as_469378.jpg) > [Our brains have the ability to reorganize themselves by forming new neural connections throughout our lives. This ability is called neuroplasticity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-thornton/our-brains-have-the-ability-to-reorganize-themselves-by-forming-new/) [Elizabeth Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/elizabeth-thornton-23967_ability_our-brains-have-the-ability-to-reorganiz_227748.jpg) > [Do you know that every time you think new neural connections are made in brain? In this world there is limit to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thesaintsays/do-you-know-that-every-time-you-think-new-neural-connections-are-made/) [TheSaintsays](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thesaintsays/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/thesaintsays-45703_brain_do-you-know-that-every-time-you-think-ne_931258.jpg) > [Innate mechanisms endow the visual system with highly specific connections, but visual experience early in life is necessary for their maintenance and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/torsten-wiesel/innate-mechanisms-endow-the-visual-system-with-highly-specific/) [Torsten Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/torsten-wiesel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/torsten-wiesel-40732_early_innate-mechanisms-endow-the-visual-syste_70194.jpg) > [The neurochemistry of the brain is astonishingly busy, the circuitry of a machine more wonderful than any devised by humans. But there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/the-neurochemistry-of-the-brain-is-astonishingly-busy-the-circuitry/) [Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/carl-sagan-160_architecture_the-neurochemistry-of-the-brain-is-aston_2245291.jpg) > [“Interviewer: The other day, when we first talked, you said that you felt that, when you were writing, you were often following…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-stone/interviewer-the-other-day-when-we-first-talked-you-said-that-you-felt/) [Ruth Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/ruth-stone-60554_poetry_interviewer-the-other-day-when-we-first_1577481.jpg) > [The key to transforming mental models is to interrupt the automatic responses that are driven by the old model and respond differently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-thornton/the-key-to-transforming-mental-models-is-to-interrupt-the-automatic/) [Elizabeth Thornton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-thornton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/elizabeth-thornton-23967_brain_the-key-to-transforming-mental-models-is_660600.jpg) > [It used to be thought that you stopped making new neural connections in your youth and from then on your brain was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippa-perry/it-used-to-be-thought-that-you-stopped-making-new-neural-connections/) [Philippa Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippa-perry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/philippa-perry-17021_brain_it-used-to-be-thought-that-you-stopped-m_428515.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/neural-connections/#itemlist", "name": "Neural Connections Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“hand writing has been shown to form stronger neural 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